CVE-2016-5344

critical
Published 2016-08-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the MDSS driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large size value, related to mdss_compat_utils.c, mdss_fb.c, and mdss_rotator.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5344

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=1d2297267c24f2c44bd0ecb244ddb8bc880a29b7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.