CVE-2016-5348

5.9 MEDIUM
Published: October 10, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.9 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
14.6%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

google

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