PT-2017-16960 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+1

Published 2017-07-28 · Updated 2017-10-23 · CVE-2017-6257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel mode layer handler, which may cause denial of service or potentially allow escalation of privileges.

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

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6257

USN-3461-1

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Ubuntu

References · 20

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3461-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6266 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3461-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6267 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6257 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6257 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6259 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory