CVE-2017-6296 Race condition in SHIELD TV
A time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA TrustZone DRM allows attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges on SHIELD TV devices.
- 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-2017-6296?
CVE-2017-6296 is a high-severity 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 TrustZone Software contains a TOCTOU issue in the DRM application which may lead to the denial of service or possible escalation of privileges. This issue is rated as moderate.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6296?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Android, Nvidia Shield Tv Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6296?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-6296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56m8-vjv3-958w.