CVE-2016-8425
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-31797770. References: N-CVE-2016-8425.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Android | ||
| Linux Kernel | =3.10 |
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