CVE-2016-2065 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the MSM QDSP6 audio driver for Linux kernel 3.x, affecting Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions and other products. An attacker can exploit this by crafting an application that makes a specific ioctl call, leading to incorrect use of a parameters pointer. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and can result in denial of service, memory corruption, or potentially other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0, <= 3.19.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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