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CVE-2016-5857

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Qualcomm SPCom driver in Android before 7.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 34386529 and Qualcomm internal bug CR#1094140.

Affected products

• Android: 7.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

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