CVE-2016-5858
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD...
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.
- Record
CVE-2016-5858- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.
- Record
CVE-2016-5858- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6792 No score
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6792- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c97w-jh64-6jmv
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD...
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.
- Record
GHSA-c97w-jh64-6jmv- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-5858 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Google Android, published August 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit?id=afc5bea71bc8f251dad1104568383019f4923af6
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
securityfocus.com/bid/98215
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5858
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c97w-jh64-6jmv