Untrusted pointer dereference in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver and NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver - CVE-2024-0091
Published: June 10, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91574
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0091
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference. A local user can execute a driver API to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-0091
Install updates from vendor's website.