9.3

CVE-2016-5863: qualcomm, inc. all qualcomm products

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5863
Published 16-08-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5863 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. all qualcomm products. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, several sanity checks are missing which can lead to out-of-bounds accesses.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.55% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu16 products
  • linux< 3.13.0-95.142 | < 4.4.0-36.55
  • linux-azure-6.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-fdeAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-fde-5.15All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-gcp-6.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Qualcomm, inc.1 product

2 vendors · 17 products

References

5 links