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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2016-2454 json

The Qualcomm hardware video codec in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reb…

published 2016-05-09 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3536

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Qualcomm hardware video codec in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 26221024.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.