CVE-2016-3902

MEDIUM

Qualcomm IPA <2016-10-05 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-3902. PoCs published by ScottyBauer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2016-3902, a vulnerability in the Android kernel's IPA driver, by sending a malformed ioctl request to /dev/wwan_ioctl with an invalid filter_index_list_len value (0xBADC0DE) and an invalid source_pipe_index (0xbeef), triggering a buffer overflow or memory corruption.

Description

drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_qmi_service.c in the Qualcomm IPA driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29953313 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1044072.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 682 stars
by ScottyBauer · cpoc
https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/tree/master/CVE-2016-3902.c

This PoC exploits CVE-2016-3902, a vulnerability in the Android kernel's IPA driver, by sending a malformed ioctl request to /dev/wwan_ioctl with an invalid filter_index_list_len value (0xBADC0DE) and an invalid source_pipe_index (0xbeef), triggering a buffer overflow or memory corruption.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Android Kernel (IPA driver)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target device · Kernel with vulnerable IPA driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93309

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 38.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 7.0
Published Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026