PT-2017-2501 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Sound Driver+1

Sevenshen · Published 2017-07-13 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6249

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA sound driver (affected versions not specified) Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the NVIDIA sound driver for the Android operating system. It may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a local malicious application. This is an elevation of privilege issue that could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. It is rated as moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01711

CVE-2017-6249

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Sound Driver

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01711 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6249 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038623 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99616 · Note