CVE-2017-6259

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignernvidia
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-28 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Denial of Service

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd - All All All
Operating System Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver - All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Nvidia Corporation NVIDIA GPU Display Driver affected All Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU display driver contains multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel mode layer handler | NVIDIA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
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