CVE-2016-3866 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm sound driver in Android on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices prior to the 2016-09-05 security update. An attacker could exploit this flaw by tricking a user into installing a crafted application, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 7.8 (High), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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