What is CVE-2018-6253?

CVE-2018-6253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-6253?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2018-6253

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows
Nvidia Gpu_driver
Nvidia Corporation Gpu Display Driver — versions All
Oracle Solaris

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6253?: CVE-2018-6253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-6253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.