CVE-2016-8440 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Android kernel (version 3.18) due to improper input validation in the ADSP SID2CB system call. This flaw could lead to a hypervisor memory overwrite, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise of the system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| 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
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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.