CVE-2017-6285
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 libnvrm contains a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check which could lead to local information disclosure. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android: A-64893156. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6285.
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 libnvrm library on Android contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability due to a missing bounds check. This allows a local attacker to read sensitive information from memory beyond allocated buffers. The vulnerability is rated moderate severity with CVSS 5.5 due to the information disclosure impact.
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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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if device has NVIDIA hardwareInspect the device hardware information via Settings > About Phone > Hardware or run 'getprop ro.hardware' in ADB shell to identify the chipset manufacturerAffected if Device uses an NVIDIA SoC or chipset (such as Tegra)
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Locate libnvrm library on deviceSearch for libnvrm using ADB: 'find / -name libnvrm* 2>/dev/null' or check common library paths like /system/lib/Affected if libnvrm library file exists on the device
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Verify library is in useCheck running processes for apps or services that load libnvrm, or inspect /proc/<pid>/maps for processes with the library mappedAffected if The libnvrm library is loaded into memory by any process
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Confirm Android versionCheck Android version via Settings > About Phone > Android version or run 'getprop ro.build.version.release' in ADBAffected if Device runs any version of Android (as all versions are affected)
Device is affected if it contains NVIDIA hardware with the libnvrm library present and loaded, regardless of Android version, since all versions are vulnerable to the out-of-bounds read.
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 patch from NVIDIA once available. Since this affects a system library, device manufacturers should integrate the updated libnvrm library through their firmware update process.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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