CVE-2016-2498

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2498 describes a data-access restriction bypass vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver affecting Android devices, specifically the Nexus 7 (2013) before the 2016-06-01 patch. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited by a crafted application, allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
		6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.36%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

28.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference

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References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html

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