CVE-2016-8455

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-2016-8455

CVE-2016-8455 describes an elevation of privilege in the Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver affecting Android devices using kernel 3.10 (notably Nexus 6P). A local malicious application could execute arbitrary code in the kernel after compromising a privileged process. The connected documents confirm the issu...