CVE-2016-0844 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0844?

CVE-2016-0844 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Qualcomm RF driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly restrict access to socket ioctl calls, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26324307.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0844?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-0844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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