What is CVE-2016-10406?

CVE-2016-10406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-10406?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Qualcomm Mdm9650

CVE-2016-10406

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9650, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SD 835, while printing debug message of a pointer in wlan_qmi_err_cb, the real kernel address will be printed regardless of the kptr_restrict system settings.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10406?: CVE-2016-10406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-10406?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.