CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3843
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance subsystem and the Qualcomm performance component, aka Android internal bugs 28086229 and 29119870 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1011071.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 6.0.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92237 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92250 www.securityfocus.com
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92237 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92250 www.securityfocus.com