CVE-2016-8482

HIGH

Android - Elevation of Privilege in NVIDIA GPU Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8482. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA NVMAP driver (CVE-2016-8482) by concurrently submitting IOCTL requests to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability, leading to local privilege escalation.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-31799863. References: N-CVE-2016-8482.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2016-8482

This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA NVMAP driver (CVE-2016-8482) by concurrently submitting IOCTL requests to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability, leading to local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: NVIDIA NVMAP driver (Android kernel)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to /dev/nvmap and /dev/nvhost-vic devices · Multi-core CPU for race condition
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
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
google/android
Published Apr 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026