Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-2068 (CCN-115489)

Assigned:2016-07-10
Published:2016-07-10
Updated:2020-07-31
Summary:The MSM QDSP6 audio driver (aka sound driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow, and buffer overflow or buffer over-read) via a crafted application that performs a (1) AUDIO_EFFECTS_WRITE or (2) AUDIO_EFFECTS_READ operation, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR1006609.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.3 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-190
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-2068

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security Bulletin—July 2016

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve20162068-priv-esc(115489)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=9900650540c889f761d102202bc80306ae80ab83

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2c04c0dab66013b7dfbe4d5a523c2c1d6b5b11d6

Source: CCN
Type: Code Aurora QCIR-2016-00012-1
Multiple Vulnerabilities In MSM QDSP6 Audio Driver Allow Kernel Memory Corruption (CVE-2016-2068)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Broken Link
https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2068-0

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 6.0.1)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.0 and <= 3.19.8)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201620680000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-2068 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-07-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20162068000
    V
    		CVE-2016-2068 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-07-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20162068000
    V
    		CVE-2016-2068 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-07-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20162068000
    V
    		CVE-2016-2068 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-07-10
    BACK
    google android *
    linux linux kernel *