Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2017-0340
Published: July 7, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38723
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0340
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA Libnvparser component due to a memcpy into a fixed sized buffer with a user-controlled size could lead to a memory corruption and possible remote code execution. This issue is rated as High. Product: Android. Version: N/A. Android ID: A-33968204. References: N-CVE-2017-0340.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-0340
Install update from vendor's website.