CVE-2017-6278 Memory corruption in NVIDIA Tegra
A buffer overflow in the NVIDIA Tegra kernel's thermal driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6278?
CVE-2017-6278 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA Tegra, published on 26 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Tegra kernel contains a vulnerability in the CORE DVFS Thermal driver where there is the potential to read or write a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6278?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Nvidia Jetson Tk1 Firmware, Nvidia Jetson Tx1 Firmware, Nvidia Tegra K1 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6278?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-6278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6278 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv83-5224-q73f.