CVE-2016-8399 (GCVE-0-2016-8399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-12 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:20
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Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.
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CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Inc. Android Affected: Kernel-3.10
Affected: Kernel-3.18
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Date Public
2016-12-05 00:00
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