A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NVIDIA ADSP (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA ADSP Firmware contains a vulnerability in the ADSP Loader component where there is the potential to write to a memory location that is outside the intended boundary of the buffer, which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2017. The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6273 since 02/23/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 90530, 91457, 92361 and 94958 are pretty similar.

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• NVIDIA

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• ADSP

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• commercial

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