CVE-2018-6248

Public on 2018-04-02
Modified on 2018-04-05
Description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the software uses a sequential operation to read or write a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds of the buffer which may lead to denial of service or possible escalation of privileges.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 nvidia 2018-04-05 ALAS-2018-991 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H