CVE-2017-6280 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2017-6280?

CVE-2017-6280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA driver contains a possible out-of-bounds read vulnerability due to a leak which may lead to information disclosure. This issue is rated as moderate. Android: A-63851980.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6280?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-6280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fmpc-hppj-v479.