PT-2016-7066 · Google · Android

Mark Brand · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2016-12-15 · CVE-2016-6706

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-11-01

Description An issue in libstagefright in Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process, potentially gaining local access to elevated capabilities.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-11-01, update to a version released after 2016-11-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6706

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6706 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6706 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/1d4feebdb85db46e138530f360d9ff2490e14353 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6706 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94134 · Note