PT-2017-10539 · Nvidia · Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

Published 2017-05-09 · Updated 2017-05-25 · CVE-2017-0349

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated before it is dereferenced for a write operation. This may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-0349

Affected Products

Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0349 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4462 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98513 · Note