CVE-2016-5860

7.0 HIGH

Published: August 16, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a function is called with a very large length, an integer overflow could occur followed by a heap buffer overflow.

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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.securityfocus.com/bid/98169

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=9f91ae0d7203714fc39ae78e1f1c4fd71ed40498

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98169

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

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

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

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=9f91ae0d7203714fc39ae78e1f1c4fd71ed40498

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%

45th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

google

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