CVE-2017-0352 Privilege escalation in GPU Display Driver

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can escalate privileges by accessing sensitive GPU control registers due to incorrect access control in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver firmware.

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-2017-0352?

CVE-2017-0352 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 GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the GPU firmware where incorrect access control may allow CPU access sensitive GPU control registers, leading to an escalation of privileges

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0352?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0352?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-0352 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0352, GHSA-f4c4-w7gj-x785, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0352.

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