CVE-2016-8488

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm closed source components, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability is associated with insufficient access control in the Android operating system.

Recommendations For Android kernel, apply the fix for the elevation of privilege vulnerability as described in the Android security bulletin. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.