CVE-2018-6253

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 2, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-6253: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix