CVE-2016-6736Unchecked Error Condition in Google Android

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 23

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-30953284. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6736.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

CVEListV5google_inc/androidKernel-3.18
Ubuntuklibc_project/klibc< 2.0.13-4ubuntu0.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
klibc vulnerabilities2024-05-23
GHSA
GHSA-5pvf-hchr-gwvf: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute ar2022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2016-6736: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute ar2016-11-25

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Kernel Crash on /dev/fimg2d ioctl command2016-11-09
Android
CVE-2016-6736: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6736 Severity: CRITICAL References: A-30953284* N-CVE-2016-67362016-11-01