CVE-2017-6272

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 bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high (attack range: local)
Debian Bugs	876414

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS)	jessie/non-free	340.106-1	vulnerable
	stretch/non-free	390.116-1	fixed
	buster/non-free, sid/non-free	418.74-1	fixed
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx (PTS)	jessie/non-free	304.137-0~deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch/non-free	304.137-5~deb9u1	vulnerable
	sid/non-free	304.137-7	vulnerable
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS)	stretch/non-free	340.106-2~deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster/non-free, sid/non-free	340.107-4	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
nvidia-graphics-drivers	source	(unstable)	384.98-2	high	876414
nvidia-graphics-drivers	source	experimental	384.90-1	high
nvidia-graphics-drivers	source	stretch	384.130-1	high
nvidia-graphics-drivers	source	wheezy	(unfixed)	end-of-life
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	high
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	high

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 <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported, no updates provided by Nvidia for 340)
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <no-dsa> (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