Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-2410
Published: April 18, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40361
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-2016-2410
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 Qualcomm video kernel driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver, aka internal bug 26291677.
Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2410
Install update from vendor's website.