View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail
Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.
CVE-2017-6259 medium priority: Ubuntu including 18 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers-173, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, …), 90 status rows across 5 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 40, not-affected 20, needs-triage 16, released 8, ignored 6.
NVIDIA 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.