CVE-2017-6251: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical system memory, which may lead to an escalation of privileges.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.