{"id":"CVE-2016-2068","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2068","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:06.104Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2016-07-11T01:59:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["google/android","linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00739,"percentile":0.54276,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=9900650540c889f761d102202bc80306ae80ab83","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2c04c0dab66013b7dfbe4d5a523c2c1d6b5b11d6","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2068-0","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01ee86da5a0cd788f134e360e2be517ef52b6b00","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=9900650540c889f761d102202bc80306ae80ab83","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2c04c0dab66013b7dfbe4d5a523c2c1d6b5b11d6","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-vulnerabilities-msm-qdsp6-audio-driver-allow-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2068-0","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2068","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}