First published: Tue Jan 03 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@android.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Google Android | ||
Linux Kernel | =3.10 |
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CVE-2016-8424 is rated as Critical due to the potential for local device compromise.
To mitigate CVE-2016-8424, update your NVIDIA GPU drivers to the latest version.
CVE-2016-8424 affects systems running specific versions of the Linux kernel and Android.
CVE-2016-8424 allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context.
There are no known workarounds for CVE-2016-8424; updating the driver is the recommended action.