What is CVE-2016-5864?

CVE-2016-5864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-5864?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-5864

In an audio driver function in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, some parameters are from userspace, and if they are set to a large value, integer overflow is possible followed by buffer overflow. In another function, a missing check for a lower bound may result in an out of bounds memory access.

Published 2017-08-16 · 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: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% 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/2017-06-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5864?: CVE-2016-5864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-5864?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.