5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-6253
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 2, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6253 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google android
1 Nvidia gpu_driver
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-6253.

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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6253 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-20 CWE-19 CWE-835
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649 No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Nvidia D3D10 Driver 22.21.13.8607. A specially crafted pixel shader can cause a stack overflow exception, resulting in at least denial of service. An attacker can provide a specially crafted shader file (either in binary or text form) to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered from a VMware guest, and will affect a VMware host (leading to the vmware-vmx.exe process to crash on the host). 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.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in DirectX and OpenGL Usermode drivers where specially crafted pixel shader can cause infinite recursion leading to denial of service. An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Nvidia D3D10 Driver 22.21.13.8607. A specially crafted pixel shader can cause a stack overflow exception, resulting in at least denial of service. An attacker can provide a specially crafted shader file (either in binary or text form) to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered from a VMware guest, and will affect a VMware host (leading to the vmware-vmx.exe process to crash on the host).
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.01%

score

0.18651

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