PT-2017-2503 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Sound Driver+1

Sevenshen · Published 2017-07-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6247

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue concerns an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA sound driver, which could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the NVIDIA sound driver of the Android operating system, potentially enabling a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a local malicious application.

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:2017-01713

CVE-2017-6247

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Sound Driver

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01713 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6247 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038623 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98876 · Note