CVE-2016-8445

High

Published: 12/01/2017(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-8445 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video driver, which could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context.

Risk Assessment

This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the Android system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor and update MediaTek components and implement additional security measures to mitigate the risk of malicious software execution.

Other vulnerabilities in MediaTek components (thermal driver, video driver)

CVE-2016-8447High
CVE-2016-8447 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video driver, which could allow 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.

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video driver, 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31747590. References: MT-ALPS02968983.