NVIDIA Tegra OpenMax Driver Vulnerability in Android Devices
CVE-2018-6271
7.8HIGH
What is CVE-2018-6271?
The NVIDIA Tegra OpenMax driver presents a vulnerability where the software improperly validates extra data sent with a buffer. This oversight can lead to potential denial of service or even privilege escalation attacks, compromising the integrity of affected Android devices. In particular, this issue involves the libnvomx component, which could allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to manipulate system functionality.
Affected Version(s)
Android