What is CVE-2017-0866?

CVE-2017-0866 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Tegra X1, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-0866?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in NVIDIA Tegra X1

CVE-2017-0866

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 class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0866?: CVE-2017-0866 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Tegra X1, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-0866?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.