CVE-2016-3893 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound codec of Android devices, specifically affecting Nexus 6P models before the 2016-09-05 security update. A crafted application could exploit a flaw in the wcdcal_hwdep_ioctl_shared function to improperly copy firmware data, leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. With a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact on confidentiality (C:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE 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:H/I:N/A:N
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