What is CVE-2017-6270?

CVE-2017-6270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-6270?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2017-6270

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 during a calculation which may lead to a potential divide by zero and denial of service.

Published 2017-09-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA GPU Driver
NVIDIA Corporation GPU Display Driver — versions All

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4544 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101002 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6270?: CVE-2017-6270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-6270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.