GeForce vulnerability

What happened

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user may cause a use-after-free condition by issuing a sequence of driver commands. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, data tampering, and information disclosure.

Affected versions

GeForce: All driver versions prior to 610.60; All driver versions prior to 610.88; All driver versions prior to 616.56; All driver versions prior to 616.92; All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.; All driver versions prior to 582.78; All driver versions prior to 596.86; All driver versions prior to 616.92; All driver versions prior to 615.71.09; All driver versions prior to 610.57.04; All driver versions prior to 595.91.07; All driver versions prior to 580.178.04; 595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1); 580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5); 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1); 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.