Integer Overflow in Qualcomm Components on Nexus 6 Devices Allows Privilege Escalation

CVE-2015-8940 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28813987 and Qualcomm internal bug CR792367.

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