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CVE-2016-6779

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-31386004.

  • Published: Jan 12, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6779
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.6
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 3.10 3.10.x