CVE-2016-8434 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm GPU driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel 3.10. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context, leading to a permanent device compromise requiring an OS reflash. Rated 7.0 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has a local attack vector with high attack complexity, but could result in complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
3.10CPE 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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