CVE-2017-0349 — All versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated before it is dereferenced for a write operation, may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges

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All versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated before it is dereferenced for a write operation, may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges

Published May 9, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

All versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated before it is dereferenced for a write operation, may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Nvidia Corporation Product GPU Display Driver Default
n/a
- Version
  All versions
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Nvidia Corporation

GPU Display Driver

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All versions	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00333

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00333

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00333)	24.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00333)	24.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00041)	9.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	8.22% (0.08219)	85.31th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	8.22% (0.08219)	85.14th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	8.22% (0.08219)	92.75th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	8.22% (0.08219)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

References (2)

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4462
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98513
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4462		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98513		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published May 9, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Nov 23, 2016

Link CVE-2017-0349

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-0349

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-0349