CVE-2017-6277: Input Validation

First published: Thu Sep 21 2017(Updated: )

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 possible escalation of privileges.

Credit: psirt@nvidia.com

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