CVE-2016-6744 | Vulnetix

CVE-2016-6744 PUBLISHED

Reported by google_android · Published November 25, 2016

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-30970485.

Affected products

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

Timeline

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

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