CVE-2016-8462
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability in the bootloader could enable a local attacker to access data outside of its permission level. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-32510383.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95237
- https://github.com/CunningLogic/PixelDump_CVE-2016-8462
- https://securityresear.ch/2017/01/04/fastboot-oem-sha1sum/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95237
- https://github.com/CunningLogic/PixelDump_CVE-2016-8462
- https://securityresear.ch/2017/01/04/fastboot-oem-sha1sum/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.