High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3762
CVE-2016-3762
Description
The sockets subsystem in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that uses (1) the AF_MSM_IPC socket class or (2) another socket class that is unrecognized by SELinux, aka internal bug 28612709.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-07-01
Patches
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References
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