FKIE_CVE-2018-6253

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-02 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:01
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649Vendor Advisory
psirt@nvidia.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/
psirt@nvidia.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0522Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nvidia gpu_driver -
freebsd freebsd -
linux linux_kernel -
microsoft windows -
oracle solaris -
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