CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3798

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The MediaTek hardware sensor driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One 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 the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications installed on devices.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The MediaTek hardware sensor driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28174490 and MediaTek internal bug ALPS02703105.

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