The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864
Published Oct 10, 2016
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.32%
Description
The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.1
- 5.1.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04323) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04323) | 89.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 14.60% (0.14597) | 94.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 11.51% (0.11509) | 93.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 10.41% (0.10412) | 92.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.59% (0.11586) | 93.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 17.29% (0.17294) | 91.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.59% (0.11586) | 93.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01869) | 88.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 1.73% (0.01731) | 87.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.73% (0.01731) | 85.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 94.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 94.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747 x_refsource_CONFIRMPermissions Required
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/ x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPermissions Required | |
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory |
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