PT-2018-6014
CVE-2017-15850
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Published
2018-01-10
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Updated
2018-01-26
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Android for MSM versions (affected versions not specified)
Firefox OS for MSM versions (affected versions not specified)
QRD Android versions (affected versions not specified)
Description:
The issue allows userspace to read values from audio codec registers in certain Android and Firefox OS releases that utilize the Linux kernel.
Recommendations:
For Android for MSM, restrict access to audio codec registers until a patch is available.
For Firefox OS for MSM, consider disabling access to sensitive audio codec data as a temporary workaround.
For QRD Android, avoid using the affected audio codec functionality until the issue is resolved.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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