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 High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31798848. References: N-CVE-2016-8449.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95262
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
46.9%
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-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