Information disclosure in Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 600, 400, 200
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The high level operating systems (HLOS) was not providing sufficient memory address information to ensure that secure applications inside Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE) only write to legitimate memory ranges related to the QSEE secure application's HLOS client. When secure applications inside Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE) receive memory addresses from a high level operating system (HLOS) such as Linux Android, those address have previously been verified as belonging to HLOS memory space rather than QSEE memory space, but they were not verified to be from HLOS user space rather than kernel space. This lack of verification could lead to privilege escalation within the HLOS.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm | Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 600, 400, 200 | All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 600, 400, 200 VendorQualcomm Affected All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5349
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c44-q7pc-hwjg
References
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- TI-2023-16286 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Graphics KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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- TI-2021-01605 Use after free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2016-5349 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-5349 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5c44-q7pc-hwjg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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