What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-0866?

CVE-2017-0866 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Tegra X1 Firmware CVE-2017-0866

HIGH

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2017-11-16 security@android.com

Buffer Overflow RCE Nvidia Google Tegra X1 Firmware

7.8

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 16, 2017 - 22:29 cve.org

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1 where an unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. This could lead to kernel memory corruption and possible code execution. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Pixel. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-38415808. References: N-CVE-2017-0866.

AnalysisAI

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1 where an unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1 where an unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. This could lead to kernel memory corruption and possible code execution. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Pixel. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-38415808. References: N-CVE-2017-0866. Affected products include: Nvidia Tegra X1 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.