CVE-2016-6776 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver affecting Android devices running Kernel-3.10. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, leading to a permanent device compromise that may necessitate reflashing the operating system. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires local access but has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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