Information disclosure in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE-2018-6259
Published: September 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14599
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6259
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when GameStream is enabled,. A local attacker can gain access to important data.
The weakness exists due to an error when GameStream is enabled,. A local attacker can gain access to important data.
Affected software
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6259
Update to version 3.14.1.
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - update to 3.14.1