{"id":"CVE-2016-6917","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6917","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:51:15.122Z","title":"Buffer overflow in nvhost_job.c in the NVIDIA video driver for Android, Shield TV before OTA 3.3, Shield Table before OTA 4.4, and Shield Table TK1 before OTA 1.5.","description":"Buffer overflow in nvhost_job.c in the NVIDIA video driver for Android, Shield TV before OTA 3.3, Shield Table before OTA 4.4, and Shield Table TK1 before OTA 1.5.","published":"2017-04-24T19:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["nvidia/shield tablet firmware","nvidia/shield tablet tk1 firmware","nvidia/shield tv firmware","nvidia/video driver"],"epss":{"score":0.00448,"percentile":0.38746,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94667","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4276/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-shield-contains-multiple-vulnerabilities-in","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94667","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4276/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-shield-contains-multiple-vulnerabilities-in","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6917","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}