CVE-2016-8399

low-risk
Published 2017-01-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.25% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (14)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94708
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0869
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Third Party Advisory https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23030550?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi...
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94708
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0869
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Third Party Advisory https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23030550?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi...
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal