CVE-2018-6248: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.