CVE-2016-6754 Code injection in Android

What is CVE-2016-6754?

CVE-2016-6754 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability in Webview in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-11-05 could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when the user is navigating to a website. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution in an unprivileged process. Android ID: A-31217937.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6754?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6754?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2016-6754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-89vq-xp4x-vhgg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6754.