7.3high
CVE-2016-6731
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 52%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 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. Android ID: A-30906023. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6731.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Google Inc. Android
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/94140 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6731
- NVD: CVE-2016-6731
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