NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array which may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15317 NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is not correctly validated and used as the index to an array which may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:32:30.828Z

Reserved: 2017-02-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6256

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-28T19:29:00.353

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6256

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