What is CVE-2016-8482?

CVE-2016-8482 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-8482?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-8482

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-31799863. References: N-CVE-2016-8482.

Published 2018-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Google Inc. Android — versions Android kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95231 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8482?: CVE-2016-8482 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-8482?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.