CVE-2023-0186: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver KMD OOB Write Exploit
CVE-2023-0186 Published on April 1, 2023
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an out-of-bounds write can lead to denial of service and data tampering.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-0186 is exploitable 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, with no impact on integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2023-0186 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-0186
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Affected Versions
vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows) 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-2023-0186Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.