CVE-2016-6492

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 64.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-01-12 23:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

18f35a4d6b6f9a5269953b13748a8c1365aa2eac2a1b1d90ad6d345368c5f89c

• www.securityfocus.com92207http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92207vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160730 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Driver ( CVE-2016-6492)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC