CVE-2016-8466: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31822524. References: B-RB#105268.

Affected products

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

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