CVE-2016-2068
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The MSM QDSP6 audio driver (aka sound driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow, and buffer overflow or buffer over-read) via a crafted application that performs a (1) AUDIO_EFFECTS_WRITE or (2) AUDIO_EFFECTS_READ operation, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR1006609.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (15)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1426Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-07-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes auszuführen, um seine Rechte zu erweitern, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen und um Informationen offenzulegen.
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references (16)
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00cnnvd
- https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=9900650540c889f761d102202bc80306ae80ab83cnnvd
- https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2c04c0dab66013b7dfbe4d5a523c2c1d6b5b11d6cnnvd
- https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2068-0cnnvd
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00enisa_euvd
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