CVE-2016-0807

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The get_build_id function in elf_utils.cpp in Debuggerd in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that mishandles a Desc Size element in an ELF Note, aka internal bug 25187394.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fsystem%2Fcore/+/d917514bd6b270df431ea4e781a865764d406120
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fsystem%2Fcore/+/d917514bd6b270df431ea4e781a865764d406120

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