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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8466

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.31%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi 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-31822524. References: B-RB#105268.

CVSS 3.0
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.31% probability · 71th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
security@android.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.31%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.