CVE-2016-8431
HighSummary
CVE-2016-8431 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
Risk Assessment
The risk to the organization is that a local attacker could gain full control over the device, potentially leading to severe consequences, including the need to reflash the operating system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the NVIDIA GPU drivers to the latest version to mitigate the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GPU driver for Android (Kernel-3.18)
See all- CVE-2017-0338High
CVE-2017-0338 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
- CVE-2017-0337High
CVE-2017-0337 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
- CVE-2017-0333High
CVE-2017-0333 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
- CVE-2017-0307High
CVE-2017-0307 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
- CVE-2016-8432High
CVE-2016-8432 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as Critical due to the potential for permanent device compromise.
Original NVD description (English source)
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-32402179. References: N-CVE-2016-8431.