CVE-2016-5872

critical

Published 2017-08-18 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, arguments to several QTEE syscalls are not properly validated.

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@qualcomm.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01

CWE-20

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