CVE-2017-6264

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA GPU driver (gm20b_clk_throt_set_cdev_state), where an out of bound memory read is used as a function pointer could lead to code execution in the kernel.This issue is rated as high because it could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-34705430. References: N-CVE-2017-6264.

Affected products

Linux kernel: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101744
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101744
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01

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