CVE-2016-3797

HIGH

Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-3797. PoCs published by ScottyBauer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2016-3797, a buffer overflow in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver (qcacld-2.0) by sending a maliciously crafted IOCTL request with an oversized buffer. The exploit targets the SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1 ioctl handler, which fails to validate input length, leading to memory corruption.

Description

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28085680 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1001450.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 682 stars
by ScottyBauer · cpoc
https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/tree/master/CVE-2016-3797.c

This PoC exploits CVE-2016-3797, a buffer overflow in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver (qcacld-2.0) by sending a maliciously crafted IOCTL request with an oversized buffer. The exploit targets the SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1 ioctl handler, which fails to validate input length, leading to memory corruption.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver (qcacld-2.0) in Android kernel (msm)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: root access to execute the binary · presence of vulnerable Wi-Fi driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 38.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 6.0.1
Published Jul 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026