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CVE-2016-8476 Details

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32879283. References: QC-CR#1091940.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96047	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798	CVE
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96047	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	<= 7.1.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	3.10 3.18
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 25, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]