CVE-2016-6734

HIGH

Android < 7.0 - Elevation of Privilege via NVIDIA GPU Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-6734. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA DRM driver (CVE-2016-6734) by rapidly opening/closing channels while spawning threads to trigger a use-after-free, leading to local privilege escalation. The code targets the Tegra DRM driver via ioctl operations on /dev/dri/renderD129.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. 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. Android ID: A-30907120. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6734.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2016-6734

This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA DRM driver (CVE-2016-6734) by rapidly opening/closing channels while spawning threads to trigger a use-after-free, leading to local privilege escalation. The code targets the Tegra DRM driver via ioctl operations on /dev/dri/renderD129.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: NVIDIA DRM driver (Tegra) on Android
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to /dev/dri/renderD129 · Multi-core CPU for thread affinity
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94140

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
google/android < 7.0
Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.18
Published Nov 25, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026