CVE-2016-8430 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel 3.10. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, potentially leading to a permanent device compromise requiring operating system reflashing. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it has a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received no 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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