CVE-2016-5341

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

Android: through 7.1.0

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/

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