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CVE-2016-5858

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.7)—
Severity4.7Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.55 %higher than 45% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.

CVSS

Base score
4.7
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.55 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
45
Score date
10/22/2026

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

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