CVE-2016-6916 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver affecting Android, Shield TV, Shield Tablet, and Shield Tablet TK1 devices. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service and system crash. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_tk1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tv_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:video_driver:-:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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