CVE-2016-3851

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 5, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3851: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix