{"id":"CVE-2016-8417","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8417","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:47.610Z","title":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel.","description":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver 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 is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32342399. References: QC-CR#1088824.","published":"2017-03-08T01:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.01486,"percentile":0.73892,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96832","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01dcc0a7cc23f23a89adf72393d5a27c6d576cd0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96832","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=01dcc0a7cc23f23a89adf72393d5a27c6d576cd0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8417","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}