CVE-2016-8412

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera 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-31225246. References: QC-CR#1071891.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.10, 3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95238
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95238
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

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