CVE-2017-6251

First published: Fri Jul 28 2017(Updated: )

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.

Credit: psirt@nvidia.com

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