NVIDIA GPU Display Driver DirectX/OpenGL Usermode Driver resource management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component DirectX/OpenGL Usermode Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in DirectX and OpenGL Usermode drivers where specially crafted pixel shader can cause infinite recursion leading to denial of service.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2018. The weakness was published 04/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6253 since 01/25/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108852 (Amazon Linux AMI : nvidia (ALAS-2018-991)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351222 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nvidia: ALAS-2018-991).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108852). Similar entries are available at 115519, 115520, 115521 and 115522.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 108852
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : nvidia (ALAS-2018-991)
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01/25/2018 🔍
03/28/2018 +62 days 🔍
04/02/2018 +5 days 🔍
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04/05/2018 +3 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
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Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: USN-3662-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6253 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2018 00:16
Updated: 02/26/2023 09:28
Changes: 04/03/2018 00:16 (70), 01/20/2020 09:35 (5), 02/26/2023 09:28 (4)
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