CVE-2016-8465 describes 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 context. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.0), successful exploitation requires compromising a privileged process and user interaction, but could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there any indication of active exploitation or significant community discussion 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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