CVE-2016-6492: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 7.1.0

Published 2017-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.