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-3.18. Android ID: A-32700935. References: N-CVE-2016-8435.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95254
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (2)
Google Inc./Android
Kernel-3.18
linux/linux_kernel
3.18
Published
Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026