Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in NVIDIA's libnvmmlite_audio for Android
CVE-2017-6258

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Nvidia
Status
Android
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 February 2018

What is CVE-2017-6258?

The NVIDIA libnvmmlite_audio.so component exhibits an elevation of privilege vulnerability when utilized within media server applications. This flaw can potentially allow an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to local code execution within a privileged process. Addressing this vulnerability is crucial for maintaining the security integrity of Android devices utilizing this library.

Affected Version(s)

Android NA

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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