CVE-2016-6492

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 12, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jul 28, 2016

Description

The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

92207vdb-entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
20160730 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Driver ( CVE-2016-6492)mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html

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