What is CVE-2016-5347?

CVE-2016-5347 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-5347?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-5347

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel stack data can be leaked to userspace by an audio driver.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm Products — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98218 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.codeaurora.org/uninitialized-channel-map-array-can-leak-data-user-space-qds… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5347?: CVE-2016-5347 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-5347?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.