CVE-2016-6704 — Google Android vulnerability

CWE-2646 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 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. Android ID: A-30229821.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgoogle/android4.0 — 4.4.4+4
▶CVEListV5google_inc/android6 versions+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cq4q-8ww6-c3pq: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-6704: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4↗2016-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2016-6704: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6704 Severity: HIGH Affected AOSP versions: 4↗2016-11-01
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9793 kernel: Signed overflow for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE↗2016-12-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-6704 kernel: Signed overflows in SO_{SND|RCV}BUF in sock_setsockopt()↗2016-12-06
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