CVE-2016-8423

published 2017-01-12

CVE-2016-8423: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31399736. References: QC-CR#1000546.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
google	android	<= 7.1.0	—
google	android	—	—
google_inc	android	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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