CVE-2016-8463

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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-399

Description

A denial of service vulnerability in the Qualcomm FUSE file system could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-30786860. References: QC-CR#586855.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.10, 3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95245
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=cd0fa86de6ca1d40c0a93d86d1c0f7846e8a9a10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95245
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

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