CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-8479

Published: Mar 08, 2017 | Modified: Jul 17, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31824853. References: QC-CR#1093687.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 3.18 (including) 3.18 (including)
Linux-armadaxp Ubuntu precise *
Linux-flo Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Linux-flo Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-flo Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Linux-flo Ubuntu xenial *
Linux-flo Ubuntu yakkety *
Linux-goldfish Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-grouper Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-lts-raring Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-raring Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-lts-saucy Ubuntu precise *
Linux-lts-saucy Ubuntu precise/esm *
Linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-lts-wily Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-maguro Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-mako Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Linux-mako Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-mako Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Linux-mako Ubuntu xenial *
Linux-mako Ubuntu yakkety *
Linux-manta Ubuntu trusty *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu precise *
Linux-raspi2 Ubuntu vivid/ubuntu-core *
Linux-ti-omap4 Ubuntu precise *

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