CVE-2016-2445 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA media driver on Google Nexus 9 devices running Android versions prior to May 1, 2016. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a specially crafted application. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high complexity, requiring user interaction, but leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek mentioning the patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.