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CVE-2016-10501

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10501 describes a critical improper input validation vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile, Wear, and Small Cell SoCs, affecting numerous models. This flaw allows for remote code execution due to improper image parsing. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk, as it can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and significant community discussion, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog as actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fsm9055_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9206_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9607_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9635m_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9655_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2018-04-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103671
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry