CVE-2017-6249

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-34373711. References: N-CVE-2017-6249.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 13, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-6249: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix