High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8434
CVE-2016-8434
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm 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-32125137. References: QC-CR#1081855.
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References
2- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95257nvd
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