PT-2017-1205 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-8400

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.18

Description An information disclosure issue in the NVIDIA librm library could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data. This issue is related to the lack of protection for internal data in the librm library of the Android operating system.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.18, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00316

CVE-2016-8400

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Libnvrm

References · 6

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8400 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00316 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94713 · Note