CVE-2017-6278 (GCVE-0-2017-6278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-26 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:10
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Summary
NVIDIA Tegra kernel contains a vulnerability in the CORE DVFS Thermal driver where there is the potential to read or write a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of service Escalation of privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Nvidia Corporation NVIDIA Tegra Affected: N/A
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Date Public
2018-03-20 00:00
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