Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8401
CVE-2016-8401
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability in kernel components including the ION subsystem, Binder, USB driver and networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31494725.
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94686nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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