What is CVE-2016-8400?

CVE-2016-8400 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8400?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Inc. Android

CVE-2016-8400

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA librm library (libnvrm) could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without permission. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31251599. References: N-CVE-2016-8400.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Inc. Android — versions Kernel-3.18
Linux Kernel — versions 3.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94713 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8400?: CVE-2016-8400 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8400?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.