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Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2023 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2023-0188

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory corruption in vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:13nvidia-graphics-drivers525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:14nvidia-graphics-drivers525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470470.182.03-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:12nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Debian:13nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules525.105.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-390no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-418-serverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-430no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-440no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server450.236.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-455no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-460no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470470.182.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server470.182.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-510no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-515515.105.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server515.105.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-520no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-525525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-525-server525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIA vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM) All versions prior to and including 15.1, 13.6, 11.11, and all versions prior to and including February 2023 release

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References