CVE-2016-6725

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% 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-284

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution in the context of the kernel. Android ID: A-30515053. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050970.

Affected products

Android: through 7.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94182
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94182
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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