CVE-2016-5856

7.0 HIGH

Published: April 12, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=0c0622914ba53cdcb6e79e85f64bfdf7762c0368

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=0c0622914ba53cdcb6e79e85f64bfdf7762c0368

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.0 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

44th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

linux google

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