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CVE-2017-6259 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect detection and recovery from an inval…

published 2017-07-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15320

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 375.82-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6259

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6259

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Nvidia Corporation NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

References

Sources

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