CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-18629

Low risk· EPSS 3%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the GPU compiler process allows a web page containing unusual GPU shader code to cause a memory allocation failure. If the allocation failure is not properly handled, the compiler may dereference a NULL pointer at a controlled offset, resulting in a crash of the compiler process. On certain platforms, when the compiler process has system privileges, this could lead to crashes or enable further exploits on the device. The weakness results from performing arithmetic operations on values derived from the shader program without properly preventing integer overflow, which can cause incorrect memory size calculations and subsequent invalid program behaviour.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience crashes of the GPU compiler process and, where system privileges are involved, more severe consequences including privilege escalation or further exploitation on the device. The risk is particularly relevant in environments where untrusted web pages with shader code are loaded.

Recommendation

Update the GPU compiler software to the latest version containing the fix. Restrict processing of untrusted shaders and consider running the compiler without system privileges.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A web page that contains unusual GPU shader code is loaded into the GPU compiler process and can lead memory allocation failure. If the allocation failure is not properly handled, the compiler may dereference a NULL pointer at a controlled offset, resulting in a crash of the compiler process. On certain platforms, when the compiler process has system privileges this could lead to crashes or enable further exploits on the device. The weakness results from performing arithmetic operations on values derived from the shader program without properly preventing integer overflow. The overflow can cause incorrect memory size calculations, leading to memory allocation failures and subsequent invalid program behaviour. Integer overflow can produce unexpected values that affect memory allocation and other security-relevant operations.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS