CVE-2016-8430

HIGH

Android Kernel 3.10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8430. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvhost driver (CVE-2016-8430) by manipulating memory handles and triggering concurrent IOCTL calls to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE). The code demonstrates the vulnerability by creating and allocating nvmap handles while racing IOCTL operations to exploit improper error notifier handling.

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-32225180. References: N-CVE-2016-8430.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2016-8430

This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvhost driver (CVE-2016-8430) by manipulating memory handles and triggering concurrent IOCTL calls to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE). The code demonstrates the vulnerability by creating and allocating nvmap handles while racing IOCTL operations to exploit improper error notifier handling.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Racy
Target: NVIDIA nvhost driver (Android kernel)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to /dev/nvhost-vic and /dev/nvmap devices · Multi-threaded execution environment
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.4%
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-264
Status published
Products (2)
Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.10
linux/linux_kernel 3.10
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026