CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2409

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A Texas Instruments haptic kernel driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation and control over the device.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to a version after 2016-04-01 to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications using this driver.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A Texas Instruments (TI) haptic kernel driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver, aka internal bug 25981545.

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