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CVE-2016-5857

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.26 %higher than 17% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The Qualcomm SPCom driver in Android before 7.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 34386529 and Qualcomm internal bug CR#1094140.

CVSS

Base score
7.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.26 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
17
Score date
10/23/2026

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 (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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