What is CVE-2016-2409?

CVE-2016-2409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2409?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-2409

A Texas Instruments (TI) haptic kernel driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver, aka internal bug 25981545.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2409?: CVE-2016-2409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2409?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.