CVE catalog
CVE-2016-6737
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6737
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.65% · Oct 25, 2026
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel ION subsystem 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-30928456.
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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