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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.

Score
7.8 high
Published
2017-09-22
Links
NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data

Matched ports (6)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
x11/nvidia-driver-304nvidia-driver-304304.137_12unaddressedx11@FreeBSD.org
x11/nvidia-driver-304xlibre-nvidia-driver-304304.137_12unaddressedx11@FreeBSD.org
x11/nvidia-driver-340nvidia-driver-340340.108_6unaddressedx11@FreeBSD.org
x11/nvidia-driver-340xlibre-nvidia-driver-340340.108_6unaddressedx11@FreeBSD.org
x11/linux-nvidia-libs-304linux-nvidia-libs-304304.137inheritedx11@FreeBSD.org
x11/linux-nvidia-libs-340linux-nvidia-libs-340340.108inheritedx11@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>nvidia-driver-304</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>xlibre-nvidia-driver-304</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>nvidia-driver-340</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>xlibre-nvidia-driver-340</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2017-6272</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6272</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2017-09-22</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>