CVE-2016-3851 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3851?

CVE-2016-3851 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3851?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3851 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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Also known as GHSA-vcqc-cp5x-74cr.