CVE-2017-6272
HIGHNVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via Kernel Mode Layer Handler
Title source: llmDescription
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array which may lead to a denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100997
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
30.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
nvidia/gpu_driver
< 362.00
Nvidia Corporation/GPU Display Driver
All
Published
Sep 22, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026