PT-2017-16957

CVE-2017-6254

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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 vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is used without validation. This may lead to denial of service or potential 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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