CVE-2016-6917

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in nvhost_job.c in the NVIDIA video driver for Android, Shield TV before OTA 3.3, Shield Table before OTA 4.4, and Shield Table TK1 before OTA 1.5.

Affected products

NVIDIA Shield Tablet Firmware: through 4.3.0
NVIDIA Shield Tablet Tk1 Firmware: through 1.4.0
NVIDIA Shield Tv Firmware: through 3.2
NVIDIA Video Driver: all versions

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94667
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4276/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-shield-contains-multiple-vulnerabilities-in
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94667
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4276/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-shield-contains-multiple-vulnerabilities-in
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01

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