UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2068
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2068
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2068.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2068
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2025-06-23T15:52:45Z
- Published
- 2016-07-11T01:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-04T04:22:25Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 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
-
The MSM QDSP6 audio driver (aka sound driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow, and buffer overflow or buffer over-read) via a crafted application that performs a (1) AUDIO_EFFECTS_WRITE or (2) AUDIO_EFFECTS_READ operation, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR1006609.
- References
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2068
- https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2068-0
- https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2c04c0dab66013b7dfbe4d5a523c2c1d6b5b11d6
- https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=9900650540c889f761d102202bc80306ae80ab83
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2068
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
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