{"id":"CVE-2018-6252","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6252","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:46:35.347Z","title":"NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the software allows an actor access to restricted functionality that is unnecessary to production usage, and which may result in denial…","description":"NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the software allows an actor access to restricted functionality that is unnecessary to production usage, and which may result in denial of service.","published":"2018-04-02T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@nvidia.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["nvidia/gpu driver"],"epss":{"score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20174,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4649","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6252","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}