CVE-2016-8431

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95236
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95236
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

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