Vulnerability: Type Casting Issue in Qualcomm Products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android

CVE-2016-5862 · HIGH Severity

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

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

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