VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-6717

CVSS score7 HIGH

EPSS probability0.65%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-11-25

Last modified2026-06-17

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

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.

Primary references

security@android.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory