CVE-2016-10481

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA4531, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9378, QCA9379, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 600, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, and SDX20, if WLAN FW receives the WMI_STA_SMPS_PARAM_CMDID ioctl in not-associated state, when the virtual channel handle is not assigned, the code doesn't check for NULL virtual channel handle, so an assert occurs.

Affected products

Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9635M Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca4531 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6174A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6574Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6584 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca6584Au Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca9377 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca9378 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qca9379 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 600 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 808 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 810 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 845 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sdx20 Firmware: all versions

References

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