Integer Overflow in Qualcomm Components on Nexus 5 Devices Allows Access Restriction Bypass

CVE-2015-8888 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted block count and block size of a sparse header, aka Android internal bug 28822465 and Qualcomm internal bug CR813933.

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