CVE-2016-6492 (GCVE-0-2016-6492)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-12 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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