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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-8436

CVE-2016-8436

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm video driver 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: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32450261. References: QC-CR#1007860.

Affected products

3
  • Google/Android2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.0.1
    • (no CPE)range: Kernel-3.18
  • Linux/Kernel
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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