Off-by-one error privilege escalation vulnerability in Android 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x

Off-by-one error privilege escalation vulnerability in Android 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x

CVE-2016-2494 · HIGH Severity

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

Off-by-one error in sdcard/sdcard.c 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 2016-06-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 28085658.

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