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CVE-2016-2063

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2063 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the MSM Thermal driver (supply_lm_input_write function) of the Linux kernel 3.x, specifically impacting Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. An attacker could exploit this by sending a large amount of data via the debugfs interface, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, <= 3.19.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2063Moderate

kernel: stack-based buffer overflow in the supply_lm_input_write function in drivers/thermal/supply_lm_core.c

Mar 30, 2016

References

us.codeaurora.org / cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
codeaurora.org / stack-overflow-msm-thermal-driver-allows-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2063
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/92381
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry