CVE-2017-0316
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn GeForce Experience (GFE) 3.x before 3.10.0.55, NVIDIA Installer Framework contains a vulnerability in NVISystemService64 where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation, which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe NVIDIA Installer Framework in GeForce Experience 3.x before version 3.10.0.55 contains an input validation vulnerability in the NVISystemService64 component. User-supplied values are passed to the driver without proper validation, allowing potential denial of service or privilege escalation via this local attack vector.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 3.0, < 3.10.0.55CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Find GeForce Experience installation directoryLook for the NVIDIA GeForce Experience installation folder in common locations: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\GeForce Experience\ on 64-bit systems, or check the installation path displayed in Add or Remove Programs.Affected if The folder does not exist, then GeForce Experience is not installed and the CVE does not apply
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Locate the GFExperience.exe fileNavigate to the GeForce Experience installation folder and find the file named GFExperience.exe. This is the main executable.Affected if The file does not exist, then the application is not present
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Determine the installed versionRight-click on GFExperience.exe, select Properties, then click on the Details tab. Read the Product Version field to obtain the exact version number.Affected if Cannot read the version, then the version cannot be verified against the affected range
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the obtained Product Version against the vulnerable range: versions 3.0.x.x up to 3.10.0.54 are affected. Versions 3.10.0.55 and later are patched. For example, versions like 3.8.0.45 or 3.10.0.50 are vulnerable, while 3.10.0.55 is not.Affected if Version is 3.0 or higher but less than 3.10.0.55, then the environment is vulnerable to this CVE
The system is affected by CVE-2017-0316 if GeForce Experience is installed with a version between 3.0 and 3.10.0.54 inclusive.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.10.0.55
Update GeForce Experience to version 3.10.0.55 or later to obtain the patched installer framework with proper input validation.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-0316 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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