What is CVE-2016-8427?

CVE-2016-8427 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8427?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Inc. Android

CVE-2016-8427

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-31799885. References: N-CVE-2016-8427.

Published 2017-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Inc. Android — versions Kernel-3.10
Linux Kernel — versions 3.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231 (vdb-entry)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8427?: CVE-2016-8427 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Inc. Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8427?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.