CVE-2016-6741 | Vulnetix

CVE-2016-6741 PUBLISHED

Reported by google_android · Published November 25, 2016

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30559423. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1060554.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google Inc.	Android	Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18
Google Inc.	Android	3.10, 3.18

Timeline

Nov 8, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
Jun 1, 2026 Security Advisory
Oct 7, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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