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CVE-2017-6257

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 28, 2017 | Modified: Aug 08, 2017
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6257
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gpu_driver Nvidia - (including) - (including)
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu artful *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu zesty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu artful *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu zesty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Ubuntu xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Ubuntu zesty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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