What is CVE-2017-6279?

CVE-2017-6279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-6279?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-6279

NVIDIA libnvmmlite_audio.so contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability when running in media server which may cause an out of bounds write and could lead to local code execution in a privileged process. This issue is rated as high. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android: A-65023166. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6279.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th 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

Google Android
Nvidia Corporation Android — versions NA

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6279?: CVE-2017-6279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-6279?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.