CVE-2017-6271

MEDIUM

Nvidia Gpu Driver - Divide By Zero

Title source: rule

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation while processing block linear information which may lead to a potential divide by zero and denial of service.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101001

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

nvidia/gpu_driver

Timeline

Published Sep 22, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026