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CVE-2016-6717

N/A
Published: November 25, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires exploitation of a separate vulnerability. Android ID: A-31350239.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Android· Google
95%
4.0 ≤ v < 4.4.45.0 ≤ v < 5.0.25.1 ≤ v < 5.1.16.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.14.4.45.0.25.1.16.06.0.17.0
Affected range stops below 4.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94178
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

CVSS

7.6HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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