CVE-2016-6761 — Improper Access Control in INC Android

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Google INC AndroidLinux KernelGoogle Android
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

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

▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidKernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18+1
▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.10, 3.18+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-r9qv-22jm-xqjj: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm media codecs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the conte↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Android
CVE-2016-6761: Android Security Bulletin 2016-12-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6761 Severity: HIGH References: A-29421682* QC-CR#1055792↗2016-12-01
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Red Hat
kernel: v4l: videobuf: hotfix a bug on multiple calls to mmap()↗2010-07-29
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