CVE-2016-6742: vulnerability facts

CVE-2016-6742

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30799828.

CVSS 7.8 · High · EPSS 0.7%

Published: 2016-11-25T16:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.645Z

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

android
Versions
- Kernel-3.10: Affected
No fix published
android Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
Versions
- 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2
- 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3
- 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
- 20160330-0939-0ubuntu1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published

Original sources

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94131
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6742

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CVE-2016-6742

Affected products and versions

android

android Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

Original sources