In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an integer overflow to buffer overflow vulnerability exists…

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-18 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.0%

percentile 63%

Public exploits

none known

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an integer overflow to buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading an image file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.02% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	10.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-07-01 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/99467 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-5871
NVD: CVE-2016-5871

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