CVE-2016-3938 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3938?

CVE-2016-3938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Oct 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

drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_mdp_overlay.c in the Qualcomm video driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30019716 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1049232.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3938?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3938?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3938 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3938 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3938 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-5h8j-gg7x-xm7c.