CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5341
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 7.1.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 source.android.com
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 source.android.com
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory