CVE-2016-5862

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

• CWE-264

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 16, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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