CVE-2016-8420 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver affecting Android devices running Kernel-3.10 and Kernel-3.18. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context, but requires compromising a privileged process first, increasing attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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