CVE-2017-0333

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-33899363. References: N-CVE-2017-0333.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - psirt@nvidia.com

Published

2017-03-08

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Android (Nvidia Corporation)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96723
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html