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CVE-2016-3859

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3859 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm camera driver in Android devices, specifically Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P, prior to the September 2016 security update. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated 7.8 CVSS, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are also minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92877
securitytracker.com / id/1036763