CVE-2017-0310 Privilege escalation in GPU Display Driver

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An unprivileged user can exploit improper access controls in the NVIDIA GPU driver kernel mode layer to cause a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-0310?

CVE-2017-0310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 15 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper access controls allowing unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0310?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0310?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-0310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0310, GHSA-c3xh-rcgh-wg6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0310.

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