CVE-2016-6701

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability in libskia in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution within the context of the gallery process. Android ID: A-30190637.

Affected products

Android: through 7.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94162
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94162
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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