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CVE-2016-5853

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5853 describes a vulnerability in the audio driver of Qualcomm products running Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. A sanity check failure regarding an incorrect length value in the audio driver does not halt execution, potentially leading to further issues. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to 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
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 386 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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/2017-05-01
PatchVendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org / quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
codeaurora.org / detection-error-condition-without-proper-action-msmds2dapparamvisualizercontrolget-cve-2016-5853
securityfocus.com / bid/98178
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry