CVE-2016-2474
HighSummary
The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious threat to user data security.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-06-01 to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver
See all- CVE-2017-0464High
CVE-2017-0464 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
- CVE-2017-0453High
CVE-2017-0453 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver that allows 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.
- CVE-2017-0442High
CVE-2017-0442 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it requires compromising a privileged process first.
- CVE-2016-8476High
CVE-2016-8476 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it requires compromising a privileged process first.
- CVE-2016-8452High
CVE-2016-8452 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27424603.