Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2434

Title: Google Nexus 9 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-2434

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date May 09, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2434: The NVIDIA video driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27251090.

Impacted Vendors

google 1

Reference Links

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2434 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/jianqiangzhao/CVE-2016-2434

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 09, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.