VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2433

high
Published 2017-04-21 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
8.3
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver for Android, as used by BlackBerry smartphones before Build AAE570, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000038167

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.