Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-0308 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Driver
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where untrusted input is used for buffer size calculation leading to denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | NVIDIA_WIN_CVE_2017_0324.NASL |
| description | The version of the NVIDIA GPU display driver installed on the remote Windows host is 375.x prior to 376.67 or 378.x prior to 378.52. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple overflow conditions exist in the kernel mode layer handler (nvlddmkm.sys) for DxgkDdiEscape due to a failure to properly calculate the input buffer size. A local attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0308, CVE-2017-0324) - Multiple integer overflow conditions exist in the kernel mode layer handler that allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0309) - A flaw exists in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper access controls that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-0310) - A flaw exists in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper access controls that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0311) - An overflow condition exists in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100008B due to improper validation of input before setting the limits for a loop. A local attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or potentially gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2017-0312) - Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws exist within the DxgkDdiSubmitCommandVirtual() function in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper validation of certain size and length values. A local attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0313, CVE-2017-0314) - A flaw exists in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape due to accessing an invalid object pointer that allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0315) - A flaw exists in the NVIDIA GPU and GeForce Experience Installer due to improper file permissions on the package extraction path. A local attacker can exploit this to manipulate extracted files and thereby potentially gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2017-0317) - Multiple flaws exist in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper handling of unspecified values that allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-0319, CVE-2017-0320) - Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws exist in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper validation of certain input. A local attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0321, CVE-2017-0323) - An array-indexing error exists in the kernel mode layer handler due to improper validation of certain input. A local attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2017-0322) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 97386 |
| published | 2017-02-24 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97386 |
| title | NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver 375.x < 376.67 / 378.x < 378.52 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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