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CVE-2016-6677

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2016-10-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 7.0 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30259955.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence

Information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver on Android (before 2016-10-05) affecting Nexus 9 devices. A malicious crafted application can exploit the driver to obtain sensitive information, likely via improper memory handling or access control within the GPU driver interface.

MitigationApply the Android security patch released 2016-10-05 or later, which includes the fix for the NVIDIA GPU driver vulnerability (internal bug 30259955). Users of Nexus 9 should ensure their devices are running updated Android versions with the latest security patches.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
AndroidOperating system
Affected:<= 7.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify your device model
    Go to Settings > About Phone > Model Number, or run 'getprop ro.product.model' via ADB
    Affected if Device is not a Nexus 9 (the vulnerability only affects Nexus 9)
  2. Check Android version
    Go to Settings > About Phone > Android version, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.release' via ADB
    Affected if Android version is 7.0 or below (versions <= 7.0 are affected)
  3. Verify security patch level
    Go to Settings > About Phone > Security patch level, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' via ADB
    Affected if Security patch level is earlier than 2016-10-05 (patches on or after this date contain the fix)
  4. Confirm NVIDIA GPU driver presence
    Check for NVIDIA GPU components in /system/lib/hw/ or via 'getprop | grep nvidia' via ADB
    Affected if Device uses NVIDIA GPU driver (the vulnerability is in the NVIDIA GPU driver component)

You are affected if you have a Nexus 9 device running Android 7.0 or below with a security patch level earlier than 2016-10-05.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 7.0
Interim mitigation

Apply the Android security patch released 2016-10-05 or later, which includes the fix for the NVIDIA GPU driver vulnerability (internal bug 30259955). Users of Nexus 9 should ensure their devices are running updated Android versions with the latest security patches.

Fix this in Android Scoped from the published advisory
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