CVE-2016-10389
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size check for the images being flashed onto the NAND memory in their respective partitions, so there is a possibility of writing beyond the intended partition.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size check for the images being flashed onto the NAND memory in their respective partitions, so there is a possibility of writing beyond the intended partition.
- Record
CVE-2016-10389- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size check for the images being flashed onto the NAND memory in their respective partitions, so there is a possibility of writing beyond the intended partition.
- Record
CVE-2016-10389- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1571 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size check for the images being flashed onto the NAND memory in their respective partitions, so there is a possibility of writing beyond the intended partition.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1571- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-63qh-xc4p-2395
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is no size check for the images being flashed onto the NAND memory in their respective partitions, so there is a possibility of writing beyond the intended partition.
- Record
GHSA-63qh-xc4p-2395- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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-2016-10389 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published August 18, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.