High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5863

Description

In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, several sanity checks are missing which can lead to out-of-bounds accesses.

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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

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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