CVE-2016-3858

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Qualcomm subsystem driver, specifically in the drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem restart.c file. This issue can be exploited by attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that provides a long string.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices, update to a version released after 2016-09-05 to resolve the issue.