CVE-2016-8481

HIGH

Android Kernel <3.18 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound 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, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31906415. References: QC-CR#1078000.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96053
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.0%
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 (5)
google/android < 7.1.1
Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.10
Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.18
linux/linux_kernel 3.10
linux/linux_kernel 3.18
Published Feb 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026