CVE-2016-6790

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Linux
Status
Android Kernel-3.18
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 January 2017

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA libomx library (libnvomx) 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-3.18. Android ID: A-31251628. References: N-CVE-2016-6790.

Affected Version(s)

Android Kernel-3.18 Android Kernel-3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94678
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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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