CVE-2016-8429: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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-32160775. References: N-CVE-2016-8429.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 3.10 only

Published 2017-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.