CVE-2016-6492

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.

Affected products

Android: through 7.1.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92207
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92207
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

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