What is CVE-2016-5856?

CVE-2016-5856 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-5856?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5856 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-5856

Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.

Published 2017-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Linux Kernel — versions 4.3.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5856?: CVE-2016-5856 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-5856?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5856 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.