CVE-2016-8436

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32450261. References: QC-CR#1007860.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Google Inc.AndroidKernel-3.18affected

Weaknesses

  • Elevation of privilege

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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