CVE-2016-8439 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Android kernel (version 3.18) within the trust zone access control API, stemming from insufficient buffer size checking. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.