CVE-2017-6294 Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver

What is CVE-2017-6294?

CVE-2017-6294 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before the 2018-06-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Tegra X1 TZ contains a possible out of bounds write due to missing bounds check which could lead to escalation of privilege from the kernel to the TZ. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. This issue is rated as high. Version: N/A. Android: A-69316825. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6294.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6294?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6294 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-2017-6294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6294 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-8v7c-38fj-f236.