CVE-2017-0318

medium

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

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CVSS v3

5.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper validation of an input parameter may cause a denial of service on the system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`375.39-1`
sid	Fixed	`375.39-1`
forky	Fixed	`375.39-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`375.39-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`375.39-1`

FreeBSD Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

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.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.