PT-2016-1833 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-05-09 · CVE-2016-2444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA media driver versions prior to 2016-05-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the NVIDIA media driver for the Android operating system. It can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016-05-01, update the NVIDIA media driver to a version released after 2016-05-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01166

CVE-2016-2444

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Media Driver

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01166 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2444 · Vendor Advisory