CVE-2016-3757

HIGH

Android <4.4.4, <5.0.2, <5.1.1, <2016-07-01 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The print_maps function in toolbox/lsof.c in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows user-assisted attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that attempts to list a long name of a memory-mapped file, aka internal bug 28175237. NOTE: print_maps is not related to the Vic Abell lsof product.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ae18eb014609948a40e22192b87b10efc680daa7

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 12.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (22)

google/android 4.0

google/android 4.0.1

google/android 4.0.2

google/android 4.0.3

google/android 4.0.4

google/android 4.1

google/android 4.1.2

google/android 4.2

google/android 4.2.1

google/android 4.2.2

... and 12 more

Published Jul 11, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026