CVE-2017-6269: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% 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 pointer passed from a user to the driver is used without validation which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-09-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.