CVE-2017-6267 Denial of service in GPU Display Driver
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer due to incorrect object initialization.
- 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-2017-6267?
CVE-2017-6267 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 22 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect initialization of internal objects can cause an infinite loop which may lead to a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6267?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6267?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2017-6267 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6267 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6267, GHSA-27p8-83xv-74vf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6267.