CVE-2016-2445

HIGH

Android < 6.0.1 - Privilege Escalation via NVIDIA Media Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2445. PoCs published by ScottyBauer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2016-2445, a vulnerability in the NVIDIA AVP driver in the Android kernel. It triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) by submitting a maliciously crafted pushbuffer to the tegra_audio_avpchannel device, causing a system reboot.

Description

The NVIDIA media driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27253079.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 682 stars
by ScottyBauer · cpoc
https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/tree/master/CVE-2016-2445.c

This PoC exploits CVE-2016-2445, a vulnerability in the NVIDIA AVP driver in the Android kernel. It triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) by submitting a maliciously crafted pushbuffer to the tegra_audio_avpchannel device, causing a system reboot.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Android kernel (NVIDIA AVP driver)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target device · Presence of the vulnerable NVIDIA AVP driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 36.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 6.0.1
Published May 09, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026