CVE-2017-0335 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel 3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, potentially leading to a permanent device compromise requiring operating system reflash. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity but requires user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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