CVE-2017-6278 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NVIDIA Tegra kernel's CORE DVFS Thermal driver, affecting various NVIDIA Jetson and Tegra K1 devices. This flaw allows a local attacker to potentially cause a denial of service or escalate privileges due to improper memory access. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_tx1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 28.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_tx1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 21.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_tk1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 21.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:tegra_k1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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