CVE-2017-0344 Privilege escalation in GPU Display Driver

What is CVE-2017-0344?

CVE-2017-0344 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 9 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

All versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to escalation of privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0344?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0344?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0344 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver

• CVE-2019-5684 Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-5053 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-5986 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2019-5685 Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6247 Null dereference in GPU Display Driver High 8.8

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2xw6-j2mr-6f3q.