CVE-2016-8405 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2016-8405?

CVE-2016-8405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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-31651010.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8405?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8405?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-8405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8405, GHSA-2xmh-6vrf-q89v, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8405.