CVE-2016-2468 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm GPU driver affecting specific Nexus Android devices before the 2016-06-01 security patch. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. There is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting it is not actively exploited.
| 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:L/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.