CVE-2017-0312

high

Published 2017-02-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscapeID 0x100008b where user provided input is used as the limit for a loop may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41364 dos windows verified

Google Security Research · 2017-02-15

NVIDIA Driver 375.70 - DxgkDdiEscape 0x100008b Out-of-Bounds Read/Write

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
nvidia	gpu_driver	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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