CVE-2017-6271

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in nvidia gpu driver. 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 for DxgkDdiCreateAllocation where untrusted user input is used as a divisor without validation while processing block linear information which may lead to a potential divide by zero and denial of service.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-369
Published: 2017-09-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nvidia:gpu_driver

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101001
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101001

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