CVE-2017-6259 Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
An attacker can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA GPU drivers by triggering an invalid state in the kernel mode layer handler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-6259?
CVE-2017-6259 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 28 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6259?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6259?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-6259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6259 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6259, GHSA-h9mp-66gm-w56r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6259.