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CVE-2016-8425

N/A

Published: January 12, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelAndroid

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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-3.10. Android ID: A-31797770. References: N-CVE-2016-8425.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

Android · Google

60%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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