CVE-2018-6257 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
Attackers can cause denial of service or escalate privileges via improper access control in GameStream, requiring the feature to be enabled.
- 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-2018-6257?
CVE-2018-6257 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, published on 31 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience all versions prior to 3.14.1 contains a potential vulnerability when GameStream is enabled where improper access control may lead to a denial of service, escalation of privileges, or both.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6257?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6257?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6257 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2018-6257 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6257 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-r32h-gpw9-p8r4.