High severity · published Mar 6, 2018
CVE-2017-6282
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ST
Shield TV Firmware · Nvidia
through 6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6282
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6282
Vendor Advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4631
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