CVE-2017-6290 — In Android before the 2018-06-05 security patch level, NVIDIA TLK TrustZone cont

In Android before the 2018-06-05 security patch level, NVIDIA TLK TrustZone contains a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow which could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction not needed for exploit

01What is this vulnerability?

In Android before the 2018-06-05 security patch level, NVIDIA TLK TrustZone contains a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow which could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction not needed for exploitation. This issue is rated as high. Version: N/A. Android: A-69559414. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6290.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Nvidia Corporation	GPU Display Driver	NA

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-07T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:25:38.380Z

09References

• source.android.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01