CVE-2016-8455

HIGH

Android Kernel 3.10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom 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. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32219121. References: B-RB#106311.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95240

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.4%
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 Inc./Android Kernel-3.10
linux/linux_kernel 3.10
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026