CVE-2017-6259

NameCVE-2017-6259
DescriptionNVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect detection and recovery from an invalid state produced by specific user actions may lead to denial of service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs869783

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS)buster/non-free418.226.00-3fixed
bullseye/non-free470.223.02-1fixed
bookworm/non-free-firmware525.147.05-4~deb12u1fixed
trixie/non-free-firmware525.147.05-10fixed
sid/non-free-firmware535.161.08-1fixed
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS)buster/non-free340.108-3~deb10u1fixed
sid/non-free340.108-21fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nvidia-graphics-driverssourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
nvidia-graphics-driverssourcestretch375.82-1~deb9u1
nvidia-graphics-driverssource(unstable)375.82-1869783
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xxsource(unstable)(not affected)
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xxsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[wheezy] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <end-of-life> (Non-free not supported)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx <not-affected> (Limited to E384 and E375)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <not-affected> (Limited to E384 and E375)

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