CVE-2015-8893 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm bootloader in Android on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, patched before July 5, 2016. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application, leading to an OS outage or buffer over-read. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction to exploit, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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