CVE-2016-8407: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An information disclosure vulnerability in kernel components including the ION subsystem, Binder, USB driver and networking subsystem 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, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31802656.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 3.10 only; version 3.18 only

Published 2017-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.