Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2017-0353
Published: May 26, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6775
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0353
CWE-ID: CWE-413
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Quandro
NVS
Tesla
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Quandro
NVS
Tesla
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape due to improper locking of resource. A local attacker can provide a specially crafted input and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape due to improper locking of resource. A local attacker can provide a specially crafted input and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-0353
Install update from vendor's website.