Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MSM Camera Driver on Nexus 6 Devices

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MSM Camera Driver on Nexus 6 Devices

CVE-2015-8938 · HIGH Severity

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

The MSM camera driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28804030 and Qualcomm internal bug CR766022.

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