CVE-2016-5872
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, arguments to several QTEE syscalls are not properly validated.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-6806)
- Published
- August 18, 2017
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-6806 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / android
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 15 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11545-2025 - active
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 14 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11419-2024 - archived
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 13 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11317-2023 - archived
- Google Pixel Phones on Android 12.0 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11239-2022 - archived
- Google Pixel Phones on Android 11.0 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11124-2021 - archived
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99467(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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