Access control flaw in Qualcomm All Qualcomm products
Priority LOW 35CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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
In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, several sanity checks are missing which can lead to out-of-bounds accesses.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00555 46th 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-2016-5863
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3jv-xx3c-w254
References
More Qualcomm vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-15441 Incorrect Authorization in Graphics Windows KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-15440 Incorrect Authorization in Graphics KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-16287 Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Graphics Linux KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2023-16286 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Graphics KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2022-06419 Use after free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-01605 Use after free in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2016-5863 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-5863 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c3jv-xx3c-w254 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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