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Unscored CVE-2016-6762 EUVD-2016-7665GHSA-r78h-2rjj-cp8x

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code w…

Published Jan 12, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31251826.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Android Android-5.0.2, Android-5.1.1, Android-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 11 android-platform-system-core 1:7.0.0+r1-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS android-platform-system-core No fix yet —

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