7.6

CVE-2017-6249: android

CVSS: 7.6v2.0HighModified
Published 13-07-2017Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-6249 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in android. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.82% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Android1 product
Google1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links