CVE-2017-6277

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape 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 denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6277
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-22T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-28T15:29:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
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:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101004 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6277
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6277
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:28:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:19:38 2017-09-22T17:29Z 2017-09-22T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:19:38 2017-09-28T15:29:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:19:38 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated