CVE-2015-8890

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation for certain GUID Partition Table (GPT) data in the partition parser.c file within the Qualcomm components of Android. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using a crafted MultiMediaCard (MMC).

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, update the Android version to a newer one released after 2016-07-05 to resolve the issue.