Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8429. PoCs published by codecat007.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvmap driver (CVE-2016-8429) by manipulating file descriptors and memory protections to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by creating and freeing handles in a loop while another thread closes file descriptors, aiming to achieve privilege escalation.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver 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. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32160775. References: N-CVE-2016-8429.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvmap driver (CVE-2016-8429) by manipulating file descriptors and memory protections to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by creating and freeing handles in a loop while another thread closes file descriptors, aiming to achieve privilege escalation.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H