CVE-2018-6260

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
NVIDIA graphics driver contains a vulnerability that may allow access to application data processed on the GPU through a side channel exposed by the GPU performance counters. Local user access is required. This is not a network or remote attack vector.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6260
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-11-13T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-18T19:29:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4738 Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3904-1/
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6260
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6260
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:43:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:18:32 2018-11-13T17:29Z 2018-11-13T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 14:18:32 2019-04-18T19:29:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 14:18:32 Modified Vulnerability Status updated