What is CVE-2016-10461?

CVE-2016-10461 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-10461?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm Mdm9650

CVE-2016-10461

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile MDM9650, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SDX20, lack of proper bounds checking may lead to a buffer overread.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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-2016-10461?: CVE-2016-10461 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9650, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-10461?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.