High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6672

Description

The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30537088.

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Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.0
Synaptics/touchscreen driverllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93338nvd

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