PT-2017-16954

CVE-2017-6251

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Published

2017-07-28

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Updated

2019-10-03

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CVSS 2.0
7.2
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to a missing permissions check in the kernel mode layer handler, which may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical system memory. This could potentially lead to an escalation of privileges.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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