CVE-2016-6779

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.10

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC sound codec driver, which is due to inadequate access control. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel, but it first requires compromising a privileged process. The issue is rated as high.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.