What is CVE-2016-5862?

CVE-2016-5862 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-2016-5862?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-5862

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

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: 0.005 (42.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.1% 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 Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5862?: CVE-2016-5862 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-2016-5862?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.