CVE-2016-6736 — Unchecked 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
Affected products
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
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 ar↗2022-05-17
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 ar↗2016-11-25