CVE-2016-8483
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm power driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-33745862. References: QC-CR#1035099.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-kernel | 3.10 | affected | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96805
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=6997dcb7ade1315474855821e64782205cb0b53a
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96805
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=6997dcb7ade1315474855821e64782205cb0b53a
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.