CVE-2016-6729

7.8 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.8) in google android. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30977990. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#977684.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2016-11-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:android

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94203
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94203
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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