CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
Untrusted script execution in NVIDIA Web Helper allows local attackers to violate execution policies and run arbitrary code.
- 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-2017-6250?
CVE-2017-6250 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience, published on 28 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper.exe, where untrusted script execution may lead to violation of application execution policy and local code execution.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2017-6250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2020-5977 Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jqgc-j9rx-ch7m.