CVE-2016-6916

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Publication date:

24/04/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

Integer overflow in nvhost_job.c in the NVIDIA video driver for Android, Shield TV before OTA 3.3, Shield Table before OTA 4.4, and Shield Table TK1 before OTA 1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_firmware::::::::		4.3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tablet:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_tk1_firmware::::::::		1.4.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tablet_tk1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tv_firmware::::::::		3.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tv:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:video_driver:-:::::android::
cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_9:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:google:pixel_c:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_firmware::::::::		4.3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tablet:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tablet_tk1_firmware::::::::		1.4.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tablet_tk1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:shield_tv_firmware::::::::		3.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:shield_tv:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:video_driver:-:::::android::
cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_9:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:google:pixel_c:-:::::::*

CVE-2016-6916

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools