Improper access control in Google Android - CVE-2016-10237
Published: May 16, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38983
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10237
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
If shared content protection memory were passed as the secure camera memory buffer by the HLOS to a trusted application (TA) in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the TA would not detect an issue and it would be treated as secure memory.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10237
Install update from vendor's website.