CVE-2016-3940
HighSummary
The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Risk Assessment
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Android to a version after 2016-10-05 to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Sterownik ekranu dotykowego Synaptics
See all- CVE-2016-8393High
CVE-2016-8393 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that allows 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-2016-3865High
The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30141991.