CVE-2018-6253

Publication date 2 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored not available
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 18.04 LTS bionic Ignored not available
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored not available
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 384.130-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 384.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-310-updates 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3662-1
    • NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
    • 29 May 2018

Other references