CVE-2018-6251Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation GPU Display Driver

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 14

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 10 Usermode driver, where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause writing to unallocated memory, leading to denial of service or potential code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m68c-6w84-fpjw: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 10 Usermode driver, where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause writing2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2018-6251: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 10 Usermode driver, where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause writing2018-04-02

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content lead to URI spoofing2018-09-11

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Nvidia D3D10 Driver Pixel Shader Vulnerabilities2018-03-28
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Nvidia D3D10 Driver Pixel Shader Vulnerabilities2018-03-28
CVE-2018-6251 — HIGH severity | cvebase