CVE-2016-8475 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the HTC input driver affecting the Linux kernel (version 3.18) on Android devices. This moderate-severity flaw allows a local malicious application to access data outside its permitted scope, but only after a privileged process has been compromised. While the potential impact is high for confidentiality, the attack complexity is high, and there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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