What is CVE-2016-3874?

CVE-2016-3874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3874?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-3874

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.

Published 2016-09-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/c… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/c… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92882 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3874?: CVE-2016-3874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3874?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.