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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

Published Nov 14, 2017

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.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

References (2)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner nvidia
Published Nov 14, 2017
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Feb 23, 2017
Link CVE-2017-6264
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-6264
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-6264