Untrusted pointer dereference in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver and NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver - CVE-2024-0091

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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
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
Software vendor:
nVidia

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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