CVE-2016-6776

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-31680980. References: N-CVE-2016-6776.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@android.com

Published

2017-01-12

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Android (Google Inc.)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94674
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html