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CVE-2016-6738

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto engine driver in Android before 2016-11-05 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. Android ID: A-30034511. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050538.

  • Published: Nov 25, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6738
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
google / android - 7.1.0.x
google / android 7.0 7.0.x