CVE-2017-6282 Memory corruption in SHIELD TV
An attacker can write arbitrary values to arbitrary memory locations in the NVIDIA Tegra kernel driver, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2017-6282?
CVE-2017-6282 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 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 driver contains a vulnerability in NVMAP where an attacker has the ability to write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary location which may lead to an escalation of privileges. This issue is rated as high.
Weakness: CWE-123
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6282?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Android, Nvidia Shield Tv Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6282?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6282 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-2017-6282 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6282 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3fq9-fm98-2gqp.