CVE-2017-6259

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 28, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-6259: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix