CVE-2018-6258 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
An attacker with system access can perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack during GameStream installation to obtain sensitive information.
- 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-2018-6258?
CVE-2018-6258 is a medium-severity 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 during GameStream installation where an attacker who has system access can potentially conduct a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack to obtain sensitive information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6258?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6258?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6258 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6258 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4r6-f226-q9x3.