CVE-2006-6340

nVIDIA nView - Denial of Service via Long Command Line Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6340. PoCs published by Hessam-x.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in NVIDIA nView by overflowing a buffer passed to the 'keystone' command via WinExec. The PoC constructs a 650-byte string to crash the service.

Description

keystone.exe in nVIDIA nView allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses security boundaries. If not, then this is not a vulnerability.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Hessam-x · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29170

This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in NVIDIA nView by overflowing a buffer passed to the 'keystone' command via WinExec. The PoC constructs a 650-byte string to crash the service.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: NVIDIA nView (keystone)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to a Windows system with NVIDIA nView installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21260
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452439/100/100/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1973

Scores

EPSS 0.0247
EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/nview
Published Dec 07, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026