CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8458

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-8458 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential execution of malicious code in the system kernel, which could lead to serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability and to monitor applications running with elevated privileges.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31968442.

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