VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-6776

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-12
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 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-3.10. Android ID: A-31680980. References: N-CVE-2016-6776.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references