CVE-2017-0354 Denial of service in GPU Display Driver

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

A flaw in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering an invalid IRQL state.

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-2017-0354?

CVE-2017-0354 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a call to certain function requiring lower IRQL can be made under raised IRQL which may lead to a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0354?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0354?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-0354 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gr6v-5qwv-cm2p.

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