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CVE-2016-3843

Published: Aug 05, 2016 | Modified: Nov 28, 2016
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3843
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance subsystem and the Qualcomm performance component, aka Android internal bugs 28086229 and 29119870 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1011071.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google * 6.0.1 (including)
Android Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Android Ubuntu trusty *
Android Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Android Ubuntu xenial *
Android Ubuntu yakkety *
Android Ubuntu zesty *

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