Security Advisory
CVE-2016-8431
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32402179. References: N-CVE-2016-8431.
Published Date
January 12, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory