CVE-2017-6278

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-26 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Nvidia Jetson Tk1 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Jetson Tk1 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Jetson Tk1 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Nvidia Jetson Tx1 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Jetson Tx1 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Jetson Tx1 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Nvidia Jetson Tx1 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Nvidia Tegra K1 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Tegra K1 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Tegra K1 Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Jetson TX1 and TX2 L4T - April 2019 | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Jetson TX1, Jetson TK1, Jetson TX2, and Tegra K1 L4T Security Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
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