CVE-2016-8462

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% 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-200

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the bootloader could enable a local attacker to access data outside of its permission level. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-32510383.

Affected products

Android: through 7.1.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95237
https://github.com/CunningLogic/PixelDump_CVE-2016-8462
https://securityresear.ch/2017/01/04/fastboot-oem-sha1sum/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95237
https://github.com/CunningLogic/PixelDump_CVE-2016-8462
https://securityresear.ch/2017/01/04/fastboot-oem-sha1sum/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

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