Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38985

Race condition in Google Android - CVE-2016-10242

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38985

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.5 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10242

CWE-ID: CWE-362

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Google Android

Install update from vendor's website.