CVE-2016-8431 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver for Android devices running Kernel-3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows for a complete compromise of the device, potentially requiring an operating system reflash to repair. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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