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CVE-2017-6266 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper access controls could allow unprivileged…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-15327

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where improper access controls could allow unprivileged users to cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 384.98-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6266

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6266

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver

References

Sources

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