cve-2023-31018
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-02 18:56
Modified
2025-02-27 20:35
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
NVIDIA GPU Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause a NULL-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5491Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5491Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nvidia vGPU driver and Cloud gaming driver Version: All versions prior to and including 13.8, 15.3, 16.1 and all versions prior to and including September 2023 release
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