CVE-2016-10277

highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.098 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

9.76% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.4–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v2.09.3criticalAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-42601Motorola Bootloader - Kernel Cmdline Injection Secure Boot and Device Locking BypassPoC · exploit_db
alephsecurity/initrootMotorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass PoC · poc_in_github
leosol/initrootExploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypassPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Inc. Android≤ Kernel-3.10enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc. Android≤ Kernel-3.18enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Android≤ 7.1.2fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 7.1.1fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 7.0fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 6.0.1fstec_bduRU
linux linux kernel= 3.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 3.18nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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