CVE-2017-6266 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nvidia-graphics-drivers-384  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS384-616032
  • published22 Sept 2017
  • disclosed22 Sept 2017

Introduced: 22 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-6266  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.