CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0429
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32636619. References: N-CVE-2017-0429.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 7.1.1)
• linux linux kernel 3.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 nvidia.custhelp.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96070 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798 www.securitytracker.com
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 nvidia.custhelp.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96070 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798 www.securitytracker.com
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html Vendor Advisory