CVE-2017-6269 — Improper Input Validation in Corporation GPU Display Driver

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver
Timeline
PublishedSep 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is used without validation which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m74r-843c-cf29: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-6269: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm↗2017-09-22
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CVE-2017-6269 — Improper Input Validation | cvebase