CVE-2018-6253

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-835
Published: 2018-04-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nvidia:gpu_driver

References

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

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