CVE-2016-3901

HIGH

Qualcomm cryptographic engine driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Multiple integer overflows in drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c in the Qualcomm cryptographic engine driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29999161 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1046434.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/kernel/cve-2016-3901

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 7.0
Published Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026