PT-2017-1011 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Driver+1

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-8428

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.10

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the NVIDIA GPU driver could allow 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. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the NVIDIA GPU driver, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00046

CVE-2016-8428

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Gpu Driver

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8428 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00046 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8428 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95231 · Note