CVE-2018-6249

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in kernel mode layer handler where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6249
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-02T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-05-31T01:29:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3662-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6249
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6249
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:43:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:07:39 2018-04-02T16:29Z 2018-04-02T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:07:40 2018-05-31T01:29:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:07:40 Modified Vulnerability Status updated