PT-2017-16954
CVE-2017-6251
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Published
2017-07-28
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.2
HighMetricsAV: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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