# CVE-2016-5348: 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 allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2016-10-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502

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