Vulnerability in Google Inc. Android

CVE-2016-10277

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.097 (95.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-10277: held from 0.097 to 0.097.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.097 · newest: 0.097 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10277?
CVE-2016-10277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-10277?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10277 known to be exploited?
25 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.