CVE-2016-5853
N/A
Published: August 16, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length value not in the correct range, an error message is printed, but code execution continues in the same way as for a correct length value.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98178x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a8f3b894de319718aecfc2ce9c691514696805beQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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