High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6278

Description

NVIDIA Tegra kernel contains a vulnerability in the CORE DVFS Thermal driver where there is the potential to read or write a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Nvidia/Jetson Tk1 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_tk1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=21.6
Nvidia/Jetson Tx1 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_tx1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=24.2.2
Nvidia/Tegra K1 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:tegra_k1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=21.6
Nvidia/Tegra kernel driverllm-create
Nvidia/CORE DVFS Thermal driverllm-create
Nvidia Corporation/NVIDIA Tegrav5
Range: N/A

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4635nvdVendor Advisory
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4787nvd

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