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CVE-2018-6253

N/A
Published: April 2, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGPU Driver· also runs on 4 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

GPU Driver· NVIDIA
95%
All versions
freebsd-freebsd (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · oracle-solaris (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835

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