CVE-2017-6259 Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers package, versions <375.82-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS-1555200
  • published28 Jul 2017
  • disclosed28 Jul 2017

Introduced: 28 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-6259  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nvidia-graphics-drivers to version 375.82-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.