CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6672

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could 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 2016-10-05 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30537088.

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