NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Vulnerability in Windows and Linux
CVE-2023-0181

7.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
NVIDIA
Status
vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM)
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 April 2023

Summary

The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for both Windows and Linux is affected by a vulnerability in its kernel mode layer handler where memory permissions are improperly verified. This flaw can potentially lead to scenarios enabling denial of service attacks and unauthorized data manipulation, posing significant risks to user systems and data integrity.

Affected Version(s)

vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM) All versions prior to and including 15.1, 13.6, 11.11, and all versions prior to and including February 2023 release

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5452
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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