Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3893

Description

The wcdcal_hwdep_ioctl_shared function in sound/soc/codecs/wcdcal-hwdep.c in the Qualcomm sound codec in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 6P devices does not properly copy firmware data, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29512527 and Qualcomm internal bug CR856400.

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Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.0
Qualcomm/wcdcalllm-create

Patches

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References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92884nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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