CVE-2017-0316 Privilege escalation in GeForce Experience
An attacker can exploit improper input validation in the NVIDIA Installer Framework to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-0316?
CVE-2017-0316 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience, published on 16 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In GeForce Experience (GFE) 3.x before 3.10.0.55, NVIDIA Installer Framework contains a vulnerability in NVISystemService64 where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation, which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0316?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2017-0316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-0316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6357-wqrh-3wg4.