Out-of-bounds read in SHIELD TV - CVE-2017-6295

 

Out-of-bounds read in SHIELD TV - CVE-2017-6295

Published: February 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10670
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6295
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
SHIELD TV

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Keymaster implementation in NVIDIA TrustZone Software. A local attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read and gain read access to important data or cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6295

Update to version 6.3.

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