Vulnerability Details
CVE-2016-6915
NVIDIA nvhost_job.c contains a vulnerability in the stack buffer overflow, leading to a system crash (Android Security Bulletin – December 2016)
CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: 7.6 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2016-6916
NVIDIA nvhost_job.c contains a vulnerability in the integer overflow, leading to a buffer overflow and causing a system crash (Android Security Bulletin – December 2016)
CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: 7.6 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2016-6917
Description: NVIDIA nvhost_job.c contains a vulnerability in the buffer overflow, leading to a system crash (Android Security Bulletin – December 2016)
CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: 7.6 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
NVIDIA’s risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk of your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a local security or IT professional to evaluate the risk of your specific configuration. NVIDIA doesn’t know of any exploits to these issues at this time.
Affected Products
| CVE | Product | Impacted Installed Component | OS |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-6915 CVE-2016-6916 CVE-2016-6917 | Shield TV Shield Tablet Shield Tablet TK1 | Kernel | Android |
Fixes
Fixes for Shield are available from Settings→About→System update.
| Product | OS | Branch | First Version Including all the Fixes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shield TV | Android | Rel-24-foster-r7 | OTA 3.3 |
| Shield Tablet | Android | Rel-24-sb-r1 | OTA 4.4 |
| Shield Tablet TK1 | Android | Rel-24-sb-r1 | OTA 1.5 |
Mitigations
None
Acknowledgements
CVE-2016-6915, CVE-2016-6916, CVE-2016-6917: Nathan Crandall (@natecray) of Tesla Motors Product Security Team
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | December 9, 2016 | Initial release |
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