NVIDIA GPU Display Driver DoS via kernel mode memory permissions bypass
CVE-2023-0181 Published on April 1, 2023

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where memory permissions are not correctly checked, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-0181 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

The application does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the application in an invalid state.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-0181

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Affected Versions

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) Version All versions prior to and including 15.1, 13.6, 11.11, and all versions prior to and including February 2023 release is affected by CVE-2023-0181

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
12.38%

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