CVE-2016-8457 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel versions 3.10 and 3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.0, this vulnerability requires compromising a privileged process first, making it a high-complexity attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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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