CVE-2017-0334 Information disclosure in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local malicious application can access sensitive data outside its permission levels via an NVIDIA GPU driver flaw in Android.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-0334?

CVE-2017-0334 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33245849. References: N-CVE-2017-0334.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0334?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0334?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0334 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0334 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0334 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p3c6-rc2m-mc7h, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0334.

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