PT-2017-3298
CVE-2017-6274
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Published
2017-11-06
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Thermal Driver versions (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a buffer overflow and lack of access control in the Thermal Driver of the Android operating system. This can allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges. The problem is caused by missing bounds checks in the thermal throttle driver, leading to an out-of-bounds write in the kernel.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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