CVE-2016-8451 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android devices running Kernel-3.4. A local malicious application could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.0, successful exploitation requires user interaction and first compromising a privileged process, making it a high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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