Vulnerability Details
The following sections summarize the vulnerabilities. Descriptions use CWE™ and risk assessments follow CVSS.
CVE-2017-6269
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 denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8 CVSS Temporal Score: 8.2 CVSS Vector: CVSS: 3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6268
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 denial of service or possible 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-2017-6277
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 denial of service or possible 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-2017-6272
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler 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 possible 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-2017-6266
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper access controls could allow unprivileged users to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.9 CVSS Vector CVSS: 3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6267
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.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.9 CVSS V3 Vector CVSS: 3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6270
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation during a calculation, which may lead to a possible division by zero and denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.9 CVSS Vector: CVSS: 3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVE-2017-6271
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation while processing block linear information, which may lead to a possible division by zero and denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 CVSS Temporal Score: 5.9 CVSS Vector: CVSS: 3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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 to your specific configuration. NVIDIA doesn’t know of any exploits of these issues at this time.
Affected Products
| CVE | Product | OS |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-6268 CVE-2017-6269 CVE-2017-6270 CVE-2017-6271 CVE-2017-6277 | GeForce NVS Quadro Tesla GRID | Windows |
| CVE-2017-6266 CVE-2017-6267 CVE-2017-6272 | GeForce NVS Quadro Tesla GRID | Windows, 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 | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce | All | Windows | R384 | 385.69 includes GFE 3.9.0.61 |
| NVS, Quadro | All | Windows | R384 | 385.69 |
| R375 | 377.61 | |||
| Tesla | All | Windows | R384 | 385.54 |
| GRID | GRID Series GRID vGPU | Windows | R367 | GRID Software 4.4 370.16 |
Linux
| Product |
Product Series |
OS |
Branch |
Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce | All | Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris | R384 | 384.90 |
| Quadro, NVS | All | Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris | R384 | 384.90 |
| Tesla | All | Linux | R384 | 384.81 |
| R375 | 375.88 | |||
| GRID | GRID Series | Linux, Citrix XenServer, and VMware vSphere | R367 | GRID Software 4.4 367.122 |
Note:
- 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.
- If you are using GFE, install the latest drivers. GFE security bulletins are available on the NVIDIA Product Security page.
- CVE-2017-6277 and CVE-2017-6272 were addressed in branch R375. However, these CVEs were not disclosed in the previous security bulletin.
Mitigations
None.
Acknowledgements
CVE-2017-6269, CVE-2017-6270, CVE-2017-6271: NVIDIA was informed of these issues by Enrique Nissim of IOActive.
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | May 11, 2018 | Updated the link to the NVIDIA Licensing Center |
| 2.0 | September 25, 2017 | Added information about affected NVIDIA GRID products, fixed versions for Tesla products, and fixed version in the R375 driver branch for Quadro and NVS products |
| 1.0 | September 21, 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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