CVE-2018-6253

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX and OpenGL Usermode drivers where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause infinite recursion leading to denial of service.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649	Vendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:-:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-04-02 16:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 00:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-6253

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6253

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

nvidia

gpu_driver

oracle

solaris

linux

linux_kernel

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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