| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 876414 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS) | buster/non-free | 418.226.00-3 | fixed |
| bullseye/non-free | 470.199.02-1 | fixed |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 525.125.06-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie/non-free-firmware | 525.147.05-1 | fixed |
| sid/non-free-firmware | 525.147.05-4 | fixed |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS) | buster/non-free | 340.108-3~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| sid/non-free | 340.108-21 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[wheezy] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <end-of-life> (Non-free not supported)
[buster] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx <ignored> (Non-free not supported, no updates provided by Nvidia for 340)
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx <ignored> (Non-free not supported, no updates provided by Nvidia for 340)
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <ignored> (Non-free not supported)
[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544