What is CVE-2016-8469?

CVE-2016-8469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8469?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-8469 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Google Inc. Android

CVE-2016-8469

An information disclosure vulnerability in the camera driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31351206. References: N-CVE-2016-8469.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.008 (51.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Inc. Android — versions Kernel-3.10
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8469?: CVE-2016-8469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8469 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.