High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5862

Description

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

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Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Qualcomm/Android for MSMllm-fuzzy
Qualcomm/Firefox OS for MSMllm-fuzzy
Qualcomm/QRD Androidllm-fuzzy
Qualcomm, Inc./All Qualcomm productsv5
Range: Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Patches

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References

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/98194nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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