Use-after-free error in SHIELD TV - CVE-2017-13175
Published: February 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10671
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13175
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
SHIELD TV
SHIELD TV
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in OMX.Nvidia.audio.render in NVIDIA Tegra OpenMax Component. A local attacker can use mediaserver, trigger use-after-free error, cause the service to crash or possibly gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in OMX.Nvidia.audio.render in NVIDIA Tegra OpenMax Component. A local attacker can use mediaserver, trigger use-after-free error, cause the service to crash or possibly gain elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13175
Update to version 6.3.