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FKIE_CVE-2016-8433

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-12 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31750190. References: MT-ALPS02974192.

References

URL	Tags
security@android.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95253
security@android.com	https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95253
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	google	android	*

JSON

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CVE-2016-8433 (GCVE-0-2016-8433)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:20

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Elevation of privilege

Assigner

google_android Google root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95253	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Google Inc.	Android	Affected: n/a

Date Public

2017-01-03 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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