High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2501

Description

The Qualcomm camera driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, 6P, and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 27890772 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1001092.

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Affected products

Google/Android2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.0.1
- (no CPE)range: before 2016-07-05
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory

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