Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8943
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_mdp_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not verify that a mapping exists before proceeding with an unmap operation, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28815158 and Qualcomm internal bugs CR794217 and CR836226.
Published Date
August 6, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory