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

CVE-2016-3865

Description

The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28799389.

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Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.0
Synaptics/touchscreen driverllm-fuzzy
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0

Patches

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92871nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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