CVE-2017-6284 describes a moderate-severity vulnerability in the Deterministic Random Bit Generator (DRBG) within the NVIDIA Security Engine, affecting various Google and NVIDIA Android and Shield TV products. The flaw stems from improper DRBG initialization, potentially leading to information disclosure due to a weakened encryption scheme. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this local attack requires low privileges and complexity, but could result in high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tv_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.