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CVE-2023-0188

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unprivileged user can cause improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to denial of service.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software: before 11.12; from 13.0 before 13.7; from 15.0 before 15.2 — fixed in 11.12, 13.7, 15.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.12, 13.7, 15.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5452
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5452
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

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