# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6357-wqrh-3wg4

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0316?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6250/): Code injection in GeForce Experience (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-8812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8812/): Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-1073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1073/): Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-42291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42291/): Path traversal in GeForce Experience (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-23175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23175/): Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-0316 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0316/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0316/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0316
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0316
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0316

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