High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6788
CVE-2016-6788
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek I2C driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31224428. References: MT-ALPS02943467.
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94687nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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