CVE-2016-8422
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-31471220. References: QC-CR#979426.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - security@android.com
- Published
- 2017-01-12
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95241
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
