First published: Mon Mar 06 2017(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33177895. References: N-CVE-2017-0307.
Credit: psirt@nvidia.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Linux Kernel | =3.18 | |
Android |
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CVE-2017-0307 is rated as Critical due to the potential for local permanent device compromise.
To fix CVE-2017-0307, update the NVIDIA GPU driver to the latest version provided by the vendor.
CVE-2017-0307 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting NVIDIA GPU drivers.
CVE-2017-0307 affects systems running specific versions of the NVIDIA GPU driver and certain Linux kernel versions.
CVE-2017-0307 does not lead to remote attacks; it requires local access to exploit.