Improper Firmware Data Copy Vulnerability in Qualcomm Sound Codec on Nexus 6P Devices

CVE-2016-3893 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The wcdcal_hwdep_ioctl_shared function in sound/soc/codecs/wcdcal-hwdep.c in the Qualcomm sound codec in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 6P devices does not properly copy firmware data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29512527 and Qualcomm internal bug CR856400.

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