NVIDIA Display Driver Service prior 310.90 nvvsvc.exe \pipe\nsvr memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in NVIDIA Display Driver Service. This affects an unknown part of the file nvvsvc.exe. The manipulation of the argument \pipe\nsvr as part of Named Pipe results in memory corruption. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in NVIDIA Display Driver Service (Hardware Driver Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the file nvvsvc.exe. The manipulation of the argument \pipe\nsvr as part of a Named Pipe leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 12/25/2012 by Peter Winter-Smith (Pastebin). The advisory is available at pastebin.com. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/16/2018).

A public exploit has been developed by Peter Winter-Smith and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at pastebin.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The original exploit has been removed from Pastebin with the message: "I'm sorry to say that I've had to remove this post - it has caused some trouble for a few friends of mine and I didn't intend for that to happen."

Upgrading to version 310.90 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80847), Exploit-DB (24207), SecurityFocus (BID 57123†), OSVDB (88745†) and Secunia (SA51629†). Further details are available at seclists.org. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Peter Winter-Smith
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Display Driver Service 310.90

Timelineinfo

12/25/2012 🔍
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12/27/2012 +2 days 🔍
12/28/2012 +1 days 🔍
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01/18/2013 +21 days 🔍
04/16/2018 +1914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: pastebin.com
Researcher: Peter Winter-Smith
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7218
X-Force: 80847, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 57123 - NVIDIA Graphics Driver for Windows Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 51629 - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Windows "nvsr" Named Pipe Buffer Overflow Vulnerabil, Less Critical
OSVDB: 88745
SecurityTracker: 1027927

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/28/2012 13:22
Updated: 04/16/2018 11:55
Changes: 12/28/2012 13:22 (54), 04/16/2018 11:55 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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