CVE-2016-8449 is an 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's context. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.0, this vulnerability requires prior compromise of a privileged process, making it a high complexity attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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