High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8399
CVE-2016-8399
Description
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94708nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0869nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931nvdThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K23030550nvdThird Party Advisory
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