CVE-2017-6259

MEDIUM

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Denial of Service in Kernel Mode Layer Handler

Title source: llm

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect detection and recovery from an invalid state produced by specific user actions may lead to denial of service.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4525

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0053

EPSS Percentile 67.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (2)

nvidia/gpu_driver

Nvidia Corporation/NVIDIA GPU Display Driver All

Published Jul 28, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026