CVE-2016-3842 — The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28377352 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1002974

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The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28377352 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1002974

Published Aug 5, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.41%

Description

The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28377352 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1002974.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.41% 0.00411

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00411

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.41% (0.00411)	32.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.41% (0.00411)	32.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00043)	10.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00054)	24.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.05% (0.00054)	22.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00054)	20.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92220
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92220		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Aug 5, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 30, 2016

Link CVE-2016-3842

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-3842

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-3842