CVE-2016-6735 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android versions prior to 2016-11-05. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. Rated as Critical with a CVSS score of 7.8, it carries a high risk of permanent device compromise, potentially necessitating an OS reflash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE 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
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