CVE-2017-6289
In Android before the 2018-05-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) contains a memory corruption (due to unusual root cause) vulnerability, which if run within the speculative execution of the TEE, may lead to local…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Android before the 2018-05-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) contains a memory corruption (due to unusual root cause) vulnerability, which if run within the speculative execution of the TEE, may lead to local escalation of privileges. This issue is rated as critical. Android: A-72830049. Reference: N-CVE-2017-6289.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104145Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-05-01Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104145Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-05-01Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.