CVE-2016-5348
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Published: October 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59bx_refsource_CONFIRMPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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