PT-2017-1207 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-8397

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-3.10

Description An information disclosure issue in the NVIDIA video driver could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission. The vulnerability is related to a lack of protection for internal data, which could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or other system impact.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, 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:2017-00318

CVE-2016-8397

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Video Driver

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00318 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8397 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8397 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94714 · Note