CVE-2017-6262
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 · uneditedNVIDIA driver contains a vulnerability where it is possible a use after free malfunction can occur due to a race condition which could enable unauthorized code execution and possibly lead to elevation of privileges. This issue is rated as high. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-38045794. References: N-CVE-2017-6262.
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 · moderate confidenceNVIDIA Android driver contains a use-after-free vulnerability caused by a race condition. The race condition leads to memory being accessed after it has been freed, potentially allowing an attacker to execute unauthorized code and elevate privileges.
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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 dataall versionsCVSS 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
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify NVIDIA GPU hardware presenceCheck device specifications or use commands like 'lspci' (if root/accessible) or query android.hardware.graphics or review /sys/class for NVIDIA GPU identifiersAffected if Device does not have NVIDIA GPU hardware, the vulnerability does not apply
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Check Android security patch levelGo to Settings > About Phone > Build Number or use 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' via ADBAffected if Security patch level is earlier than July 2017 (before patch level 2017-07-01)
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Verify NVIDIA driver version if accessibleOn rooted devices, check /vendor/lib/egl or /system/lib/hw for NVIDIA driver libraries, or use 'getprop | grep nvidia' via ADB to query driver propertiesAffected if Driver version matches or predates the vulnerable release (no specific version range provided in advisory, so treat unpatched systems as vulnerable)
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Confirm driver is actively loaded and in useCheck 'lsmod' or /proc/modules via ADB shell for loaded NVIDIA kernel modules (gralloc, hwcomposer, etc.)Affected if NVIDIA driver modules are loaded and the security patch is pre-July 2017
A device is affected if it contains NVIDIA graphics hardware, runs Android with a security patch level before July 2017, and has the vulnerable NVIDIA driver loaded.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataApply available security patches from NVIDIA and device manufacturers; for Android devices, this was addressed in the July 2017 Android Security Bulletin (A-38045794). Organizations should ensure devices receive monthly security updates.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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