CVE-2017-6281
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 libnvomx contains a possible out of bounds write due to a improper input validation which could lead to local escalation of privilege. This issue is rated as high. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android: A-66969318. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6281.
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 confidenceThis vulnerability in NVIDIA's libnvomx library for Android allows an out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation, which can be exploited locally to escalate privileges. The flaw stems from the library not properly validating input before writing to memory buffers.
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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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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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Confirm device uses NVIDIA chipsetCheck if the Android device has an NVIDIA processor/SoC (Tegra). This can be verified through /proc/cpuinfo or device specifications.Affected if Device does not have an NVIDIA (Tegra) chipset - the vulnerable library is NVIDIA-specific and not present on non-NVIDIA devices
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Verify libnvomx library is presentCheck for the existence of /system/lib/libnvomx.so or /vendor/lib/libnvomx.so on the device using a file manager or adb shell ls command.Affected if The libnvomx.so library file does not exist on the device - the vulnerability only applies if this library is present
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Determine library versionUse 'strings' or a hex viewer on the libnvomx.so file to look for version strings, or check the file modification date as a proxy for version. Compare against any version with the security patch applied.Affected if Unable to confirm the library version or date includes the security patch - the vulnerability affects all versions of this library on Android
User is affected if the Android device contains an NVIDIA (Tegra) chipset and has the libnvomx library present without the security patch applied.
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 the vendor-supplied patch for libnvomx once available through NVIDIA and Android system updates. Users should ensure their Android devices receive regular security updates.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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