Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3939
Published: October 10, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40075
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-2016-3939
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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.
drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_debug.c in the Qualcomm video driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30874196 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1001224.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3939
Install update from vendor's website.