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.
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nvidia-graphics-drivers | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:13 | nvidia-graphics-drivers | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:14 | nvidia-graphics-drivers | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:12 | nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:12 | nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 | 470.182.03-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:12 | nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Debian:13 | nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules | 525.105.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server | 450.236.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 | 470.182.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server | 470.182.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 | 515.105.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server | 515.105.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 | 525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nvidia-graphics-drivers-525-server | 525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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