Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS352UPDATES-613519
  • published2 Apr 2018
  • disclosed2 Apr 2018

Introduced: 2 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-6253  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.