High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-8481

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31906415. References: QC-CR#1078000.

Affected products

Google/Android2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.1.1
- (no CPE)range: Kernel-3.10
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96053nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798nvd

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