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CVE-2016-2064

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2064 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in the MSM QDSP6 audio driver (msm-audio-effects-q6-v2.c) within the Linux kernel 3.x, specifically impacting Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. An attacker can trigger this flaw by crafting an application that makes an ioctl call with numerous commands, leading to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
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
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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-2016-2064Moderate

kernel: DoS in MSM QDSP6 audio driver

Aug 9, 2016

References

us.codeaurora.org / cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
codeaurora.org / multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2064-cve
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/92375
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry