CVE-2016-2468

HIGH

Qualcomm GPU Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2468. PoCs published by gitcollect.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2016-2468, a vulnerability in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver (kgsl) where an integer overflow in the `kgsl_gpumem_alloc_id` ioctl allows arbitrary memory allocation, leading to potential privilege escalation or denial of service. The code opens `/dev/kgsl-3d0` and passes a maliciously large size value to trigger the vulnerability.

Description

The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, 6P, and 7 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27475454.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by gitcollect · poc
https://github.com/gitcollect/CVE-2016-2468

This PoC exploits CVE-2016-2468, a vulnerability in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver (kgsl) where an integer overflow in the `kgsl_gpumem_alloc_id` ioctl allows arbitrary memory allocation, leading to potential privilege escalation or denial of service. The code opens `/dev/kgsl-3d0` and passes a maliciously large size value to trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver (kgsl)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target device · Presence of the vulnerable kgsl driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 6.0.1
Published Jun 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026