CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8448

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. It could lead to serious security breaches in the Android system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor and update MediaTek components and implement additional security measures to protect against local attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

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-31791148. References: MT-ALPS02982181.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS