Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Skia Library in Android

CVE-2016-2412 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

include/core/SkPostConfig.h in Skia, as used in System_server in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01, mishandles certain crashes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26593930.

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