CVE-2016-6731 — Google Android vulnerability

CWE-2644 documents4 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 17

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-30906023. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6731.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidKernel-3.18

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6w5c-3w6m-g273: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute ar↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6731: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute ar↗2016-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2016-6731: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6731 Severity: CRITICAL References: A-30906023* N-CVE-2016-6731↗2016-11-01
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