CVE-2016-8424 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver for Android devices running Linux Kernel 3.10. 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, this vulnerability could lead to a permanent device compromise requiring an OS reflash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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