CVE-2016-8467

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the bootloader could enable a local attacker to execute arbitrary modem commands on the device. This issue is rated as High because it is a local permanent denial of service (device interoperability: completely permanent or requiring re-flashing the entire operating system). Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-30308784.

Affected products

Android: through 7.1.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95250
https://securityintelligence.com/android-vulnerabilities-attacking-nexus-6-and-6p-custom-boot-modes/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95250
https://securityintelligence.com/android-vulnerabilities-attacking-nexus-6-and-6p-custom-boot-modes/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

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