CVE-2016-8445

CVE-2016-8445 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Android devices utilizing MediaTek components, specifically their thermal and video drivers. It allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.0, exploitation requires compromising a privileged process, but successful attacks grant high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.