CVE-2018-6251

HIGH

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - Memory Corruption via DirectX 10 Usermode Driver Pixel Shader

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 10 Usermode driver, where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause writing to unallocated memory, leading to denial of service or potential code execution.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/gpu_driver
Published Apr 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026