CVE-2017-0428

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32401526. References: N-CVE-2017-0428.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96070

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-08

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00141