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CVE-2016-2059

Status: ModifiedHigh (7)—
Severity7High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.21 %higher than 10% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The msm_ipc_router_bind_control_port function in net/ipc_router/ipc_router_core.c in the IPC router kernel module for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not verify that a port is a client port, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (race condition and list corruption) by making many BIND_CONTROL_PORT ioctl calls.

CVSS

Base score
7
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.21 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
10
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Google — AndroidLinux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

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