CVE-2016-3928

HIGH

Android <2016-10-05 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-3928. PoCs published by ScottyBauer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates kernel memory corruption in Mediatek Android devices via three ioctl-based exploits targeting framebuffer operations. It attempts to write arbitrary values to kernel memory through MTKFB_GET_DISPLAY_IF_INFORMATION, MTKFB_SLT_AUTO_CAPTURE, and MTKFB_SET_OVERLAY_LAYER ioctls.

Description

The MediaTek video driver in Android before 2016-10-05 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30019362 and MediaTek internal bug ALPS02829384.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 682 stars
by ScottyBauer · cpoc
https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/tree/master/CVE-2016-3928-and-CVE-2016-3936-mtk.c

This PoC demonstrates kernel memory corruption in Mediatek Android devices via three ioctl-based exploits targeting framebuffer operations. It attempts to write arbitrary values to kernel memory through MTKFB_GET_DISPLAY_IF_INFORMATION, MTKFB_SLT_AUTO_CAPTURE, and MTKFB_SET_OVERLAY_LAYER ioctls.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Mediatek Android Kernel (affected by CVE-2016-3928 and CVE-2016-3936)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to Mediatek framebuffer device node · Vulnerable kernel version
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93308

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 38.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 7.0
Published Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026