CVE-2016-8446

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31747749. References: MT-ALPS02968909.

• CWE-264

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95229
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95229
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jan 12, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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