High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6775
CVE-2016-6775
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-31222873. References: N-CVE-2016-6775.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94674nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561nvd
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