CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-0866

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2017-0866 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1, where unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. This could lead to kernel memory corruption and possible code execution.

Risk Assessment

This issue poses a significant security risk, potentially allowing unauthorized access to the system and execution of malicious code.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1 where an unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. This could lead to kernel memory corruption and possible code execution. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Pixel. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-38415808. References: N-CVE-2017-0866.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS