What is CVE-2016-5343?

CVE-2016-5343 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10. CVE-2016-5343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-5343?

CVE-2016-5343 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-5343?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-5343. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-5343 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-5343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2016-5343

Critical

drivers/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c in the QDSP6v2 Voice Service 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 cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write request, as demonstrated by a voice_svc_send_req buffer overflow.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-10-10

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

9.8

out of 10

Critical

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2016-5343 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-5343 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Codeaurora
https://www.codeaurora.org/multiple-memory-corruption-issues-write-operation-qdsp6v2-voice-service-driver-cve-2016-5343

Broken Link
Kernel patch commit
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=6927e2e0af4dcac357be86ba563c9ae12354bb08
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-5343

Severity Critical

CVSS score 9.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2016-10-10

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5343?

CVE-2016-5343 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10 . CVE-2016-5343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-5343?

CVE-2016-5343 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-5343?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-5343. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-5343 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-5343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.