CVE-2016-8409: An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver could enable a local malicious applicati...

Security readout for executives and security teams

This CVE describes a local information disclosure issue in Android's NVIDIA video driver. A malicious local app could access data beyond its normal permissions, but the source says exploitation first requires compromise of a privileged process. That limits immediate business urgency compared with remotely exploitable bugs. Exposure is most likely on older Android devices or embedded Android builds using Kernel-3.10 and the NVIDIA video driver. The provided sources do not identify other Android kernels, non-Android products, or specific device models as affected. Treat this as moderate priority for legacy Android risk management. It is not presented as remotely exploitable or actively exploited, but it can expose sensitive data if an attacker already gains privileged local foothold on affected devices. Mitigation focus: Check Android and OEM guidance for the December 1, 2016 security bulletin fixes.; Update affected Android devices to a vendor build containing the relevant bulletin patch.; Remove or replace unsupported Android Kernel-3.10 devices where updates are unavailable..

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Jun 13, 2026, 12:51 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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