NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where unexpected untrusted data is parsed, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, or information disclosure.
The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gpu_display_driver | Nvidia | 470 (including) | 474.44 (excluding) |
| Gpu_display_driver | Nvidia | 530 (including) | 536.23 (excluding) |
An attacker can supply a pointer for memory locations that the product is not expecting. If the pointer is dereferenced for a write operation, the attack might allow modification of critical state variables, cause a crash, or execute code. If the dereferencing operation is for a read, then the attack might allow reading of sensitive data, cause a crash, or set a variable to an unexpected value (since the value will be read from an unexpected memory location). There are several variants of this weakness, including but not necessarily limited to: