PT-2017-16971 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+1

Published 2017-09-22 · Updated 2017-10-23 · CVE-2017-6272

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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 vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. A value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and is used as an index to an array, which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

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

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6272

USN-3461-1

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Ubuntu

References · 16

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6272 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6272 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3461-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3461-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6272 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544 · Note