VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-6735
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 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. Android ID: A-30907701. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6735.
Primary references
- security@android.com
- security@android.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory