CVE-2016-8426 Information

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-3.10. Android ID: A-31799206. References: N-CVE-2016-8426.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8