CVE-2016-3874 Privilege escalation in n/a
A crafted application can gain privileges by sending a specific command to the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver due to improper argument validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-3874?
CVE-2016-3874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Sep 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
CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3874?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3874?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-3874 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3874 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxmm-vrgq-jq7x.