NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Kernel Mode Vulnerability: Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Kernel Mode Vulnerability: Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation

CVE-2017-0347 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

All versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain 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 potential escalation of privileges.

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