CVE-2016-6775

7.8 highEPSS 1.8%

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-31222873. References: N-CVE-2016-6775.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2017-01-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94674
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94674

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