What is CVE-2016-5859?

CVE-2016-5859 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-5859?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-5859

In a sound driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a function is called with a very large length, an integer overflow could occur followed by a buffer overflow.

Published 2017-08-16 · 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 (47.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.4% 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
Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm Products — versions Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98175 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5859?: CVE-2016-5859 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-5859?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.