FKIE_CVE-2017-6259

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-07-28 19:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4525Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4525Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nvidia gpu_driver -
freebsd freebsd -
linux kernel -
oracle solaris -
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