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CVE-2016-5872

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Severity9.8Critical · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.90 %higher than 59% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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

CVSS

Base score
9.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.90 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
59
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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Raw JSON (NVD)

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