CVE-2016-8446

HIGH

Android < 7.1.0 - Elevation of Privilege in MediaTek Thermal and Video Drivers

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and 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. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31747749. References: MT-ALPS02968909.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95229

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
google/android < 7.1.0
Google Inc./Android
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026