CVE-2016-6761
HIGHLinux Kernel 3.10 and 3.18 - Privilege Escalation via Qualcomm Media Codecs
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94677
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
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-284
Status
published
Products (4)
Google Inc./Android
Kernel-3.10
Google Inc./Android
Kernel-3.18
linux/linux_kernel
3.10
linux/linux_kernel
3.18
Published
Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026