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CVE-2017-6268
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-22T17:29:00.273 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:22:02.233

Summary

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

Affected products

nvidia — gpu_driver

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References

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