vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3461-1 (CVE-2017-6259): NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 28, 2017
Added
Oct 23, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-384
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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