What is CVE-2016-10433?

CVE-2016-10433 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9635m, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-10433?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Mdm9635m

CVE-2016-10433

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 820, and SD 820A, TOCTOU vulnerability during SSD image decryption may cause memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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-2016-10433?: CVE-2016-10433 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9635m, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-10433?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.