CVE-2016-6725 Code injection in Android

What is CVE-2016-6725?

CVE-2016-6725 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution in the context of the kernel. Android ID: A-30515053. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050970.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6725?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6725?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2016-6725 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6725 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-334h-3w5w-cxp2.