CVE-2016-10478
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617...
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617, incorrect size calculation in QCRIL SCWS processing have Integer overflow which will lead to a buffer overflow.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617, incorrect size calculation in QCRIL SCWS processing have Integer overflow which will lead to a buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2016-10478- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617, incorrect size calculation in QCRIL SCWS processing have Integer overflow which will lead to a buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2016-10478- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1660 No score
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617, incorrect size calculation in QCRIL SCWS processing have Integer overflow which will lead to a buffer overflow.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1660- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-www3-83wr-pxc8
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617...
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 617, incorrect size calculation in QCRIL SCWS processing have Integer overflow which will lead to a buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-www3-83wr-pxc8- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10478 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Mobile, published April 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.