CVE-2017-6249

High

Published: 13/07/2017(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2017-6249 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA sound driver that allows for privilege escalation, enabling a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. However, it requires compromising a privileged process first.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential execution of malicious code in the kernel, which could lead to severe security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor and update Android systems and implement security measures that restrict access to privileged processes.

Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA sound driver

CVE-2017-6247High
CVE-2017-6247 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA sound driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High due to the potential for local arbitrary code execution in a privileged kernel process.

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-34373711. References: N-CVE-2017-6249.