| Name | CVE-2017-6272 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 876414 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS) | wheezy/non-free | 304.131-1 | vulnerable |
| jessie/non-free | 340.102-1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch/non-free | 375.82-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster/non-free, sid/non-free | 375.82-5 | vulnerable | |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx (PTS) | jessie/non-free | 304.135-1 | undetermined |
| stretch/non-free | 304.135-2 | undetermined | |
| buster/non-free, sid/non-free | 304.137-1 | undetermined | |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS) | stretch/non-free | 340.102-1 | undetermined |
| buster/non-free, sid/non-free | 340.104-1 | undetermined |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | high | 876414 | |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | experimental | 384.90-1 | high | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx | source | (unstable) | undetermined | high | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx | source | (unstable) | undetermined | high |
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[wheezy] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <end-of-life> (Non-free not supported)
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544