CVE-2006-6340 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in nVIDIA nView, specifically affecting the keystone.exe component. Attackers can trigger this by providing an excessively long command line argument, potentially crashing the application. The severity is rated as medium (CVSS 5.0), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, but only resulting in partial availability impact, and it's unclear if it crosses security boundaries. There is no evidence of active exploitation, though a local denial-of-service exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.