CVE-2016-8409

low-risk
Published 2017-01-12

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31495687. References: N-CVE-2016-8409.

Do I need to act?

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0.19% 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
4
CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94691
VDB Entry https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94691
VDB Entry https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
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low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal