PT-2018-8327 · Nvidia · Nvidia Tegra Kernel

Published 2018-03-26 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Tegra kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the CORE DVFS Thermal driver of the NVIDIA Tegra kernel, where an index or pointer may reference a memory location after the end of the buffer. This could potentially lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6278

Affected Products

Nvidia Tegra Kernel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6278 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6278 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4787 · Note