CVE-2016-6738

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-11-05

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the Qualcomm crypto engine driver could allow 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.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-11-05, update to a version released on or after 2016-11-05 to resolve the issue.