Race condition in Google Android - CVE-2016-10242

 

Race condition in Google Android - CVE-2016-10242

Published: May 16, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38985
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10242
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10242

Install update from vendor's website.

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