PT-2018-17440 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver+1

Published 2018-04-02 · Updated 2018-05-11 · CVE-2018-6251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the DirectX 10 Usermode driver, where a specially crafted pixel shader can cause writing to unallocated memory. This can lead to denial of service or potential code execution.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6251

Affected Products

Directx 10

Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6251 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0514 · Note