VDB
CVE-2016-6742
CVE-2016-6742
PUBLISHED
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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-30799828.
EPSS 0.72% · 51.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.72%
51.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | android | 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3, 20160330-0939-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Nov 8, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6742 third-party-advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6742 third-party-advisory