CVE-2016-2494 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2494?

CVE-2016-2494 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 13 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Off-by-one error in sdcard/sdcard.c in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 28085658.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2494?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2494?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-2494 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-2494 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fh98-6487-q985, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2494.