CVE catalog
CVE-2016-6715
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6715
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.34% · Oct 25, 2026
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could allow a local malicious application to record audio without the user's permission. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements (access to functionality that would normally require either user initiation or user permission.) Android ID: A-29833954.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | android | 16.04 | 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | android | 16.04 | 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | android | 16.04 | 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | android | 16.04 | 20160330-0939-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
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