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CVE-2016-10242

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in...

7.0 High

CVE-2016-10242 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Google Android, published May 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.0 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.39%EPSS, 33rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.39%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.0

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Record
CVE-2016-10242
CVSS 3.0
7.0 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.6 HighAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Record
CVE-2016-10242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1427No score

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Record
EUVD-2016-1427
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8p93-rmgx-3xq47.0

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in...

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in the secure file system in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Record
GHSA-8p93-rmgx-3xq4
CVSS 3.0
7.0 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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