CVE-2012-4221

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4221
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-30 12:54:16 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in diagchar_core.c in the Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Diagnostics (aka DIAG) kernel-mode driver for Android 2.3 through 4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via an application that uses crafted arguments in a local diagchar_ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 2.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3 rev1 All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.5 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 2.3.7 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 3.2.6 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#702452 - Qualcomm Android OS kernel privilege escalation and denial of service vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Multiple issues in DIAG/KGSL system call handling (CVE-2012-4220, CVE-2012-4221, CVE-2012-4222) | Code Aurora Forum af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codeaurora.org
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