CVE-2016-8435

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7
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-3.18. Android ID: A-32700935. References: N-CVE-2016-8435.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8435
  • Assigner
  • security@android.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-12T20:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-01-18T02:59:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95254
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8435
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8435
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:50:39 2017-01-12T20:59Z 2017-01-12T20:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:50:39 2017-01-18T02:59:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:50:39 Modified Vulnerability Status updated