What is CVE-2016-8470?

CVE-2016-8470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8470?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-8470

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31528889. References: MT-ALPS02961395.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th 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 Android
Google Inc. Android — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8470?: CVE-2016-8470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.