CVE-2016-6790

HIGH

Android Kernel-3.18 - Elevation of Privilege via NVIDIA libomx Library

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA libomx library (libnvomx) could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31251628. References: N-CVE-2016-6790.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94678

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 73.4%
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-284
Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 3.18
n/a/Android Kernel-3.18 Android Kernel-3.18
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026