An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code withi…

Published 9 y ago 2017-03-08 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 78%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	9.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Nvidia Corporation Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Technology feeds

Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

securitytracker.com /id/1037968 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/96809 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-0307
NVD: CVE-2017-0307

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