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CVE-2016-8399

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary…

High7.0EPSS 2.3%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
google_android

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-8399, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Google Inc. · Android

    • affected Kernel-3.10
    • affected Kernel-3.18

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Record last updated .