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CVE-2017-6271

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation while processing block linear information which may lead to a potential divide by zero and denial of service.

Affected products

• Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver: all versions

References

• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101001
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101001

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