Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8479. PoCs published by codecat007.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver (kgsl) by concurrently creating and destroying draw contexts via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. The code spawns multiple threads to stress the driver, potentially causing a denial-of-service or privilege escalation.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm 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, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31824853. References: QC-CR#1093687.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits a race condition in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver (kgsl) by concurrently creating and destroying draw contexts via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. The code spawns multiple threads to stress the driver, potentially causing a denial-of-service or privilege escalation.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H