CVE-2016-8433: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31750190. References: MT-ALPS02974192.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 7.1.0

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