CVE-2018-6252 Denial of service in GPU Display Driver
An attacker can cause a denial of service by accessing restricted functionality in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6252?
CVE-2018-6252 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 2 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the software allows an actor access to restricted functionality that is unnecessary to production usage, and which may result in denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6252?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-6252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q293-6c69-chhm.