An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader 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-31471220. References: QC-CR#979426.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2017-01-12T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:20:31.300Z

Reserved: 2016-10-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8422

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-12T20:59:00.263

Modified: 2017-01-18T02:59:13.860

Link: CVE-2016-8422

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