CVE-2016-3762

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The sockets subsystem in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that uses (1) the AF_MSM_IPC socket class or (2) another socket class that is unrecognized by SELinux, aka internal bug 28612709.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 11, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3762: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix