CVE-2016-3850

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164.

Affected products

Android: through 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92236
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=030371d45a9dcda4d0cc3c76647e753a1cc1b782
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92236
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=030371d45a9dcda4d0cc3c76647e753a1cc1b782

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