High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5853
CVE-2016-5853
Description
In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length value not in the correct range, an error message is printed, but code execution continues in the same way as for a correct length value.
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Affected products
3- Qualcomm, Inc./All Qualcomm productsv5Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Patches
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References
4- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98178nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.codeaurora.org/detection-error-condition-without-proper-action-msmds2dapparamvisualizercontrolget-cve-2016-5853nvd
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