CVE-2016-8479

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm 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...

CVE-2016-8479

CVE-2016-8479 describes an elevation-of-privilege in the Qualcomm GPU driver for Android. The vulnerability could let a local malicious app execute arbitrary code in the kernel context, potentially leading to a permanent device compromise that may require OS reflashing. Affected: Android on kerne...