CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6251

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-07-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-07-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical system memory, which may lead to an escalation of privileges.

Affected configurations

• nvidia gpu driver

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References