CVE-2017-6270

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation during a calculation which may lead to a potential divide by zero and denial of service.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-6270

Assigner
psirt@nvidia.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-09-22T17:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-09-28T15:04:35

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-369	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
4.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101002	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6270
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6270

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:28:21				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:19:30	2017-09-22T17:29Z	2017-09-22T17:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:19:30		2017-09-28T15:04:35	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:19:30		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated