Vulnerability in Google Android
CVE-2017-6247
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 High due to the possibility of local arbitrary code execution in a privileged process in the kernel. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-34386301. References: N-CVE-2017-6247.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Google Android — versions 7.1.2
- NVIDIA Corporation Android
References
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98876 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6247?
- CVE-2017-6247 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6247?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.