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Published July 06, 2016 | Updated April 1, 2019

The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air (OTA) update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site. Security patch levels of July 05, 2016 or later address all applicable issues in this bulletin. Refer to the documentation to learn how to check the security patch level.

Partners were notified about the issues described in the bulletin on June 06, 2016 or earlier. Where applicable, source code patches for these issues have been released to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. This bulletin also includes links to patches outside of AOSP.

The most severe of these issues is a Critical security vulnerability that could enable remote code execution on an affected device through multiple methods such as email, web browsing, and MMS when processing media files. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device, assuming the platform and service mitigations are disabled for development purposes or if successfully bypassed.

We have had no reports of active customer exploitation or abuse of these newly reported issues. Refer to the Android and Google service mitigations section for details on the Android security platform protections and service protections such as SafetyNet, which improve the security of the Android platform.

We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Announcements

This bulletin defines two security patch level strings to provide Android partners with the flexibility to move more quickly to fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices. See Common questions and answers for additional information: 2016-07-01 : Partial security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2016-07-01 are addressed. 2016-07-05 : Complete security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2016-07-01 and 2016-07-05 are addressed.

Supported Nexus devices will be receiving a single OTA update with the July 05, 2016 security patch level.

Android and Google service mitigations

This is a summary of the mitigations provided by the Android security platform and service protections such as SafetyNet. These capabilities reduce the likelihood that security vulnerabilities could be successfully exploited on Android.

Exploitation for many issues on Android is made more difficult by enhancements in newer versions of the Android platform. We encourage all users to update to the latest version of Android where possible.

The Android Security team actively monitors for abuse with Verify Apps and SafetyNet, which are designed to warn users about Potentially Harmful Applications. Verify Apps is enabled by default on devices with Google Mobile Services, and is especially important for users who install applications from outside of Google Play. Device rooting tools are prohibited within Google Play, but Verify Apps warns users when they attempt to install a detected rooting application—no matter where it comes from. Additionally, Verify Apps attempts to identify and block installation of known malicious applications that exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability. If such an application has already been installed, Verify Apps will notify the user and attempt to remove the detected application.

As appropriate, Google Hangouts and Messenger applications do not automatically pass media to processes such as Mediaserver.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank these researchers for their contributions:

2016-07-01 security patch level—Security vulnerability details

In the sections below, we provide details for each of the security vulnerabilities that apply to the 2016-07-01 patch level. There is a description of the issue, a severity rationale, and a table with the CVE, associated references, severity, updated Nexus devices, updated AOSP versions (where applicable), and date reported. When available, we will link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Remote code execution vulnerability in Mediaserver

A remote code execution vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution within the context of the Mediaserver process. The Mediaserver process has access to audio and video streams, as well as access to privileges that third-party apps could not normally access.

The affected functionality is provided as a core part of the operating system and there are multiple applications that allow it to be reached with remote content, most notably MMS and browser playback of media.

Remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSL & BoringSSL

A remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSL and BoringSSL could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during file and data processing. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution within the context of an affected process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-2108 A-28175332 Critical All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 May 3, 2016

Remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth

A remote code execution vulnerability in Bluetooth could allow a proximal attacker to execute arbitrary code during the pairing process. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution during the initialization of a Bluetooth device.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3744 A-27930580 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Mar 30, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in libpng

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libpng could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of an elevated system application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, such as Signature or SignatureOrSystem permissions privileges, which are not accessible to a third-party application.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3751 A-23265085 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Dec 3, 2015

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of an elevated system application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, such as Signature or SignatureOrSystem permissions privileges, which are not accessible to a third-party application.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3745 A-28173666 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 10, 2016 CVE-2016-3746 A-27890802 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Mar 27, 2016 CVE-2016-3747 A-27903498 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Mar 28, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in sockets

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in sockets could enable a local malicious application to access system calls outside of its permissions level. This issue is rated as High because it could permit a bypass of security measures in place to increase the difficulty of attackers exploiting the platform.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3748 A-28171804 High All Nexus 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 13, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in LockSettingsService

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the LockSettingsService could enable a malicious application to reset the screen lock password without authorization from the user. This issue is rated as High because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements for any developer or security settings modifications.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3749 A-28163930 High All Nexus 6.0, 6.0.1 Google internal

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Framework APIs

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Parcels Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain access to data that the application does not have access to.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3750 A-28395952 High All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Dec 16, 2015

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in ChooserTarget service

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the ChooserTarget service could enable a local malicious application to execute code in the context of another application. This issue is rated High because it could be used to access Activities belonging to another application without permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3752 A-28384423 High All Nexus 6.0, 6.0.1 Google internal

Information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver

An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable a remote attacker to access protected data normally only accessible to locally installed apps that request permission. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3753 A-27210135 High None* 4.4.4 Feb 15, 2016

* Supported Nexus devices that have installed all available updates are not affected by this vulnerability.

Information disclosure vulnerability in OpenSSL

An information disclosure vulnerability in OpenSSL could enable a remote attacker to access protected data normally only accessible to locally installed apps that request permission. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-2107 A-28550804 High None* 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1 April 13, 2016

* Supported Nexus devices that have installed all available updates are not affected by this vulnerability.

Denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver

A denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of a temporary remote denial of service.

Denial of service vulnerability in libc

A denial of service vulnerability in libc could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3818 A-28740702 [2] High None* 4.4.4 Google internal

* Supported Nexus devices that have installed all available updates are not affected by this vulnerability.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in lsof

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in lsof could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code that could lead to a permanent device compromise. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires uncommon manual steps.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3757 A-28175237 Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 11, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in DexClassLoader

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the DexClassLoader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires uncommon manual steps.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3758 A-27840771 Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Google internal

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Framework APIs

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to request backup permissions and intercept all backup data. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires specific permissions to bypass operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3759 A-28406080 Moderate All Nexus 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Google internal

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Bluetooth

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Bluetooth component could enable a local attacker to add an authenticated Bluetooth device that persists for the primary user. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to gain elevated capabilities without explicit user permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3760 A-27410683 [2] [3] Moderate All Nexus 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Feb 29, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in NFC

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in NFC could enable a local malicious background application to access information from a foreground application. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to gain elevated capabilities without explicit user permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3761 A-28300969 Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 20, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in sockets

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in sockets could enable a local malicious application to gain access to certain uncommon socket types possibly leading to arbitrary code execution within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could permit a bypass of security measures in place to increase the difficulty of attackers exploiting the platform.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3762 A-28612709 Moderate All Nexus 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 21, 2016

Information disclosure vulnerability in Proxy Auto-Config

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Proxy Auto-Config component could allow an application to access sensitive information. This issue is rated Moderate because it could be used to access data without permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3763 A-27593919 Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Mar 10, 2016

Information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver

An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application to access sensitive information. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access data without permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3764 A-28377502 Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 25, 2016 CVE-2016-3765 A-28168413 Moderate All Nexus 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 8, 2016

Denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver

A denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as Moderate due to the possibility of remote denial of service.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Updated AOSP versions Date reported CVE-2016-3766 A-28471206 [2] Moderate All Nexus 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 Apr 29, 2016

2016-07-05 security patch level—Vulnerability details

In the sections below, we provide details for each of the security vulnerabilities that apply to the 2016-07-05 patch level. There is a description of the issue, a severity rationale, and a table with the CVE, associated references, severity, updated Nexus devices, updated AOSP versions (where applicable), and date reported. When available, we will link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm GPU driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm GPU driver 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.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-2503 A-28084795* QC-CR1006067 Critical Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Apr 5, 2016 CVE-2016-2067 A-28305757 QC-CR988993 Critical Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P Apr 20, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek Wi-Fi driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek Wi-Fi driver 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.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3767 A-28169363*

M-ALPS02689526 Critical Android One Apr 6, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm performance component

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm performance component could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical severity due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3768 A-28172137* QC-CR1010644 Critical Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013) Apr 9, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in NVIDIA video driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver 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.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3769 A-28376656*

N-CVE20163769 Critical Nexus 9 Apr 18, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek drivers (Device specific)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in multiple MediaTek drivers 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.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3770 A-28346752*

M-ALPS02703102 Critical Android One Apr 22, 2016 CVE-2016-3771 A-29007611*

M-ALPS02703102 Critical Android One Apr 22, 2016 CVE-2016-3772 A-29008188*

M-ALPS02703102 Critical Android One Apr 22, 2016 CVE-2016-3773 A-29008363*

M-ALPS02703102 Critical Android One Apr 22, 2016 CVE-2016-3774 A-29008609*

M-ALPS02703102 Critical Android One Apr 22, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel file system

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel file system 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.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3775 A-28588279* Critical Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P and Nexus Player, Pixel C May 4, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in USB driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the USB driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical severity due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2015-8816 A-28712303* Critical Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C May 4, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm components

The table below contains security vulnerabilities affecting Qualcomm components including the bootloader, camera driver, character driver, networking, sound driver and video driver.

The most severe of these issues is rated as Critical due to possibility of arbitrary code execution leading to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device.

CVE References Severity* Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2014-9795 A-28820720

QC-CR681957 [2] Critical Nexus 5 Aug 8, 2014 CVE-2014-9794 A-28821172

QC-CR646385 Critical Nexus 7 (2013) Aug 8, 2014 CVE-2015-8892 A-28822807

QC-CR902998 Critical Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Dec 30, 2015 CVE-2014-9781 A-28410333

QC-CR556471 High Nexus 7 (2013) Feb 6, 2014 CVE-2014-9786 A-28557260

QC-CR545979 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9788 A-28573112

QC-CR548872 High Nexus 5 Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9779 A-28598347

QC-CR548679 High Nexus 5 Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9780 A-28602014

QC-CR542222 High Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9789 A-28749392

QC-CR556425 High Nexus 5 Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9793 A-28821253

QC-CR580567 High Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 13, 2014 CVE-2014-9782 A-28431531

QC-CR511349 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9783 A-28441831

QC-CR511382 [2] High Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9785 A-28469042

QC-CR545747 High Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9787 A-28571496

QC-CR545764 High Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9784 A-28442449

QC-CR585147 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Apr 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9777 A-28598501

QC-CR563654 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Apr 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9778 A-28598515

QC-CR563694 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Apr 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9790 A-28769136

QC-CR545716 [2] High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Apr 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9792 A-28769399

QC-CR550606 High Nexus 5 Apr 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9797 A-28821090

QC-CR674071 High Nexus 5 Jul 3, 2014 CVE-2014-9791 A-28803396

QC-CR659364 High Nexus 7 (2013) Aug 29, 2014 CVE-2014-9796 A-28820722

QC-CR684756 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Sep 30, 2014 CVE-2014-9800 A-28822150

QC-CR692478 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Oct 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9799 A-28821731

QC-CR691916 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Oct 31, 2014 CVE-2014-9801 A-28822060

QC-CR705078 High Nexus 5 Nov 28, 2014 CVE-2014-9802 A-28821965

QC-CR705108 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Dec 31, 2014 CVE-2015-8891 A-28842418

QC-CR813930 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) May 29, 2015 CVE-2015-8888 A-28822465

QC-CR813933 High Nexus 5 Jun 30, 2015 CVE-2015-8889 A-28822677

QC-CR804067 High Nexus 6P Jun 30, 2015 CVE-2015-8890 A-28822878

QC-CR823461 High Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Aug 19, 2015

* The severity rating for these issues is provided directly by Qualcomm.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm USB driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm USB driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-2502 A-27657963 QC-CR997044 High Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Mar 11, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3792 A-27725204 QC-CR561022 High Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 17, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm camera driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-2501 A-27890772* QC-CR1001092 High Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013) Mar 27, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in NVIDIA camera driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA camera driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3793 A-28026625*

N-CVE20163793 High Nexus 9 Apr 5, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek power driver

An elevation of privilege in the MediaTek power driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3795 A-28085222*

M-ALPS02677244 High Android One Apr 7, 2016 CVE-2016-3796 A-29008443*

M-ALPS02677244 High Android One Apr 7, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3797 A-28085680* QC-CR1001450 High Nexus 5X Apr 7, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek hardware sensor driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek hardware sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3798 A-28174490*

M-ALPS02703105 High Android One Apr 11, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek video driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3799 A-28175025*

M-ALPS02693738 High Android One Apr 11, 2016 CVE-2016-3800 A-28175027*

M-ALPS02693739 High Android One Apr 11, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek GPS driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek GPS driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3801 A-28174914*

M-ALPS02688853 High Android One Apr 11, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel file system

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel file system could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3802 A-28271368* High Nexus 9 Apr 19, 2016 CVE-2016-3803 A-28588434* High Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P May 4, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek power management driver

An elevation of privilege in the MediaTek power management driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3804 A-28332766*

M-ALPS02694410 High Android One Apr 20, 2016 CVE-2016-3805 A-28333002*

M-ALPS02694412 High Android One Apr 21, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek display driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek display driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3806 A-28402341*

M-ALPS02715341 High Android One Apr 26, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in serial peripheral interface driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the serial peripheral interface driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3807 A-28402196* High Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Apr 26, 2016 CVE-2016-3808 A-28430009* High Pixel C Apr 26, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm sound driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High severity because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-2068 A-28470967 QC-CR1006609 High Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P Apr 28, 2016

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2014-9803 A-28557020

Upstream kernel High Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Google internal

Information disclosure vulnerability in networking component

An information disclosure vulnerability in the networking component could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3809 A-27532522* High All Nexus Mar 5, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in MediaTek Wi-Fi driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3810 A-28175522*

M-ALPS02694389 High Android One Apr 12, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel video driver

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3811 A-28447556* Moderate Nexus 9 Google internal

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in MediaTek video codec driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek video codec driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3812 A-28174833*

M-ALPS02688832 Moderate Android One Apr 11, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in Qualcomm USB driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm USB driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3813 A-28172322* QC-CR1010222 Moderate Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P Apr 11, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in NVIDIA camera driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA camera driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3814 A-28193342*

N-CVE20163814 Moderate Nexus 9 Apr 14, 2016 CVE-2016-3815 A-28522274*

N-CVE20163815 Moderate Nexus 9 May 1, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in MediaTek display driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek display driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-3816 A-28402240* Moderate Android One Apr 26, 2016

* The patch for this issue is not publicly available. The update is contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Information disclosure vulnerability in kernel teletype driver

An information disclosure vulnerability in the teletype driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2016-0723 A-28409131

Upstream kernel Moderate Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C Apr 26, 2016

Denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm bootloader

A denial of service vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader could enable a local malicious application to cause a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

CVE References Severity Updated Nexus devices Date reported CVE-2014-9798 A-28821448 QC-CR681965 Moderate Nexus 5 Oct 31, 2014 CVE-2015-8893 A-28822690 QC-CR822275 Moderate Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) Aug 19, 2015

Common questions and answers

This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this bulletin.

1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?

Security Patch Levels of 2016-07-01 or later address all issues associated with the 2016-7-01 security patch string level. Security Patch Levels of 2016-07-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2016-07-05 security patch string level. Refer to the help center for instructions on how to check the security patch level. Device manufacturers that include these updates should set the patch string level to: [ro.build.version.security_patch]:[2016-07-01] or [ro.build.version.security_patch]:[2016-07-05].

2. Why does this bulletin have two security patch level strings?

This bulletin has two security patch level strings in order to provide Android partners with the flexibility to move more quickly to fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices. Android partners are encouraged to fix all issues in this bulletin and use the latest security patch level string.

Devices that use the security patch level of July 5, 2016 or newer must include all applicable patches in this (and previous) security bulletins.

Devices that use the July 1, 2016 security patch level must include all issues associated with that security patch level, as well as fixes for all issues reported in previous security bulletins. Devices that use July 1, 2016 security patch level may also include a subset of fixes associated with the July 5, 2016 security patch level.

3. How do I determine which Nexus devices are affected by each issue?

In the 2016-07-01 and 2016-07-05 security vulnerability details sections, each table has an Updated Nexus devices column that covers the range of affected Nexus devices updated for each issue. This column has a few options:

All Nexus devices : If an issue affects all Nexus devices, the table will have “All Nexus” in the Updated Nexus devices column. “All Nexus” encapsulates the following supported devices: Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, Android One, Nexus Player, and Pixel C.

: If an issue affects all Nexus devices, the table will have “All Nexus” in the Updated Nexus devices column. “All Nexus” encapsulates the following supported devices: Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, Android One, Nexus Player, and Pixel C. Some Nexus devices : If an issue doesn’t affect all Nexus devices, the affected Nexus devices are listed in the Updated Nexus devices column.

: If an issue doesn’t affect all Nexus devices, the affected Nexus devices are listed in the Updated Nexus devices column. No Nexus devices: If no Nexus devices are affected by the issue, the table will have “None” in the Updated Nexus devices column.

4. What do the entries in the references column map to?

Entries under the References column of the vulnerability details table may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value belongs. These prefixes map as follows:

Prefix Reference A- Android bug ID QC- Qualcomm reference number M- MediaTek reference number N- NVIDIA reference number

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