CVE-2016-8435

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8435: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix