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CVE-2016-6758 Details

Description

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-30148882. References: QC-CR#1071731.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94677 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94677 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
3.10
3.18

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6758
NVD Published Date:
Jan 12, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6758 Details - Not Deferred