PT-2017-16957
CVE-2017-6254
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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 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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