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CVE-2018-6253 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX and OpenGL Usermode drivers where a specially crafted pixel shader can ca…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-18014

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 390.48-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6253

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 384.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6253

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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