CVE-2017-6256: 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 (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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: any version

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