Vulnerability in Google Inc. Android
CVE-2016-6761
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm media codecs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-29421682. References: QC-CR#1055792.
EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Google Inc. Android — versions Kernel-3.18, Kernel-3.10
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.10, 3.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@android.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6761?
- CVE-2016-6761 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-12.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6761?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6761 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.