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CVE-2015-8889

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.55 %higher than 45% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The aboot implementation in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 6P devices omits the recovery PIN feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, aka Android internal bug 28822677 and Qualcomm internal bug CR804067.

CVSS

Base score
7.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.55 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
45
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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