CVE-2016-2443 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm MDP driver affecting Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) devices running Android before the May 2016 security update. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application, requiring user interaction and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.