CVE-2016-8436
First published: Tue Jan 03 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =3.18 | |
| Google Android | <=6.0.1 | |
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