CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0844

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Qualcomm RF driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly restrict access to socket ioctl calls, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-04-01 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Qualcomm RF driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly restrict access to socket ioctl calls, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26324307.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS