UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8939
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939
Related
  • CVE-2015-8939
Withdrawn
2025-06-23T15:52:44Z
Published
2016-08-06T10:59:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:34:07.209502Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

drivers/video/msm/mdp4_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not validate r stages, g stages, or b stages data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28398884 and Qualcomm internal bug CR779021.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / linux-flo

Package

Name
linux-flo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.0-5.19
3.4.0-5.22
3.4.0-5.23

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / linux-goldfish

Package

Name
linux-goldfish
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.0-4.24
3.4.0-4.26
3.4.0-4.27

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / linux-mako

Package

Name
linux-mako
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.0-7.39
3.4.0-7.40
3.4.0-7.41
3.4.0-7.44

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8939.json"