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CVE-2016-6790

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.64%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-6790
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.64%
Android

Original Filing — NVD Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA libomx library (libnvomx) could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31251628. References: N-CVE-2016-6790.