CVE-2016-5348
Publication date 10 October 2016
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| android | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored abandoned | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.9 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5348