Vulnerability Details
The following sections summarize the vulnerabilities and CVSS risk assessments.
CVE-2017-6251
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical system memory, which may lead to an escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score 7.7 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:X
CVE-2017-6252
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to a denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score: 7.9 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6253
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the size of an input buffer is not validated, which may lead to a denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score 7.9 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6254
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is used without validation, which may lead to a denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score: 7.9 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6255
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where improper input parameter handling may lead to a denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score 7.9 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6256
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array, which may lead to a denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score 7.9 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6257
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score 7.9 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6259
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect detection and recovery from an invalid state produced by specific user actions may lead to a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.5 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6260
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer helper function where an incorrect calculation of string length may lead to denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.1 CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
NVIDIA’s risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk of your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk of your specific configuration. NVIDIA doesn’t know of any exploits to these issues at this time.
Affected Products
| CVE | Product | OS |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-6251 CVE-2017-6252 CVE-2017-6253 CVE-2017-6254 CVE-2017-6255 CVE-2017-6256 CVE-2017-6260 | GeForce NVS Quadro Tesla GRID | Windows |
| CVE-2017-6257 | GeForce NVS Quadro Tesla GRID | Windows Linux FreeBSD Solaris |
| CVE-2017-6259 | GeForce NVS Quadro Tesla GRID | Linux FreeBSD Solaris |
Fixes
Download GPU fixes from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.
If you are an Enterprise Service customer using NVIDIA GRID, visit the NVIDIA Licensing Center to obtain NVIDIA GRID fixes.
Windows
| Product | Product Series | OS | Branch | First version that includes the fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce | All | Windows | R384 | 384.94 includes GFE 3.7.0.81 |
| Quadro, NVS | All | Windows | R384 | 385.08 |
| R375 | 377.55 | |||
| Tesla | All | Windows | R384 | 385.08 |
| R375 | 377.55 | |||
| GRID | GRID Series | Windows | R367 | GRID Software 4.4 370.16 |
Linux
| Product | Product Series | OS | Branch | First version that includes the fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce | All | Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris | R384 | 384.59 |
| R375 | 375.82 | |||
| Quadro, NVS | All | Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris | R384 | 384.59 |
| R375 | 375.82 | |||
| Tesla | All | Linux | R384 | 384.59 |
| R375 | 375.74 | |||
| GRID | GRID Series GRID vGPU | Linux, Citrix XenServer, and VMware vSphere | R367 | GRID Software 4.4 367.122 |
Note:
- If you are using GFE, install the latest GFE drivers. GFE security bulletins are available from the NVIDIA Product Security page.
- If you are using earlier driver branches of the affected products, upgrade to a supported driver branch that contains the fix as listed in tables for Windows and Linux.
Mitigations
None.
Acknowledgements
CVE-2017-6259: NVIDIA was informed of this issue by Andrei Lascu and Alastair Donaldson of the Multicore Programming Group at Imperial College London.
CVE-2017-6256: NVIDIA was informed of this issue by Enrique Nissim of IOActive.
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | May 11, 2018 | Updated the link to the NVIDIA Licensing Center |
| 4.0 | September 25, 2017 | Added information about affected NVIDIA GRID products and updated the acknowledgements |
| 3.0 | July 31, 2017 | Added version information for NVS, Quadro, and Tesla products in the tables listing available fixes |
| 2.0 | July 24, 2017 | Updated version information for Tesla products in the tables listing available fixes |
| 1.0 | July 24, 2017 | Initial release |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How do I know what driver version I have installed?
- Launch Windows Device Manager.
- Select Display Adapters.
- Select the NVIDIA GPU node and right-click.
- Go to the Driver tab.
The driver version can be deciphered as shown in the following examples: 10.18.13.6472 is 364.72 and 10.18.13.472 is 304.72
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