CVE-2016-6790 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA libomx library (libnvomx) affecting Android devices running Kernel-3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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