CVE-2016-8456

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 High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

CVE-2016-8456

CVE-2016-8456 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver used by Android on devices such as Nexus/Pixel families. The issue allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context, and it is rated High because an attacker must first...