High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-8424

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-31606947. References: N-CVE-2016-8424.

Affected products

N/A/Android Kernel 3.10v5
Range: Android Kernel-3.10
Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231nvd

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