Access control flaw in Qualcomm All Qualcomm products
Priority LOW 31CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00527 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5862
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9v9m-grrv-xcjm
References
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Sources
- CVE-2016-5862 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-5862 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9v9m-grrv-xcjm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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