UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3843

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3843
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3843.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3843
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-3843
Published
2016-08-05T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:43Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance subsystem and the Qualcomm performance component, aka Android internal bugs 28086229 and 29119870 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1011071.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / android

Package

Name
android
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160330-0939-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20150818-1500-0ubuntu2
20150818-1500-0ubuntu3
20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
20160330-0939-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "android",
            "binary_version": "20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "android-copyright",
            "binary_version": "20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "android-emulator",
            "binary_version": "20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-emulator-images",
            "binary_version": "20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-emulator-runtime",
            "binary_version": "20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3843.json"