CVE-2017-5692 Denial of service in Mobile, Desktop, Server, Workstation, and Embedded processors based on Intel Core and Atom Processors using an affected driver.

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service via an out-of-bounds read in Intel Graphics Drivers for Windows.

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-2017-5692?

CVE-2017-5692 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Out-of-bounds read condition in older versions of some Intel Graphics Driver for Windows code branches allows local users to perform a denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5692?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Graphics Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5692 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-2017-5692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Graphics Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v4h2-5g9q-46fg.

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