CVE-2016-8431

State: PUBLISHED · Published: 2017-01-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06 · Assigner: google_android

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-32402179. References: N-CVE-2016-8431.

CWE

(none)

Affected

Google Inc. / Android — v=Kernel-3.18 [affected]

CVSS

(none)

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95236 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Source

cvelistV5-main/cves/2016/8xxx/CVE-2016-8431.json