What is CVE-2017-0310?

CVE-2017-0310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-0310?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Freebsd

CVE-2017-0310

All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper access controls allowing unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows
Nvidia Gpu_driver
Nvidia Corporation Gpu Display Driver — versions All
Oracle Solaris

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0310?: CVE-2017-0310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-0310?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.