CVE-2018-6253

MEDIUM

Nvidia Gpu Driver - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/gpu_driver
Published Apr 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026