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CVE-2017-6261

NVIDIA’s Vibrante Linux version 1.1, 2.0, and 2.2 contains a vulnerability in the user space driver in which protection mechanisms are insufficient, may lead to denial of service or information disclosure

Description

NVIDIA Vibrante Linux version 1.1, 2.0, and 2.2 contains a vulnerability in the user space driver in which protection mechanisms are insufficient, may lead to denial of service or information disclosure.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By nvidia

  2. · 2 years later

    Published

  3. · 5 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-6261, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
nvidiaCNA (assigner)3.0High8.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.

Affected products

What to do

Solution: The vulnerability is resolved in versions 1.1L, 2.0L, 2.1L

References

1

Sources

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