CVE-2016-2489
The Qualcomm video driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27407629.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Qualcomm video driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27407629.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 43th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.