CVE-2016-6780

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC sound codec driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31251496.

• CWE-284

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Jan 12, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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