Critical severity · published Jan 12, 2017
CVE-2016-8438
Integer overflow leading to a TOCTOU condition in hypervisor PIL
9.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Integer overflow leading to a TOCTOU condition in hypervisor PIL. An integer overflow exposes a race condition that may be used to bypass (Peripheral Image Loader) PIL authentication. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel 3.18. Android ID: A-31624565. References: QC-CR#1023638.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.18 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8438
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95227
Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
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