CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
23.1%
NVIDIA has released a software security update for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver to address the issues that are disclosed in this bulletin.
To protect your system, download and install this software update through the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page or, for the vGPU software and Cloud Gaming updates, through the NVIDIA Licensing Portal.
Go to NVIDIA Product Security.
This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.
CVE ID | Description | Base Score | CWE and Vector |
---|---|---|---|
CVE‑2023‑31027 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability that allows Windows users with low levels of privilege to escalate privileges when an administrator is updating GPU drivers, which may lead to escalation of privileges. | 8.2 | CWE-427 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31019 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in wksServicePlugin.dll , where the driver implementation does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access from the named pipe server to a connecting client, which may lead to potential impersonation to the client’s secure context. |
7.8 | CWE-284 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31017 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker may be able to write arbitrary data to privileged locations by using reparse points. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering. | 7.8 | CWE: 552 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31016 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled search path element may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering. | 7.3 | CWE-427 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31020 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause improper access control, which may lead to denial of service or data tampering. | 6.1 | CWE-284 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a NULL-pointer dereference may lead to denial of service. | 5.5 | CWE: 476 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31023 | NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause a pointer dereference of an untrusted value, which may lead to denial of service. | 5.5 | CWE: 822 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE ID | Description | Base Score | CWE and Vector |
---|---|---|---|
CVE‑2023‑31018 | NVIDIA GPU Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause a NULL-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service. | 6.5 | CWE: 476 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31026 | NVIDIA vGPU software for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where a NULL-pointer dereference may lead to denial of service. | 6.0 | CWE: 476 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | |||
CVE‑2023‑31021 | NVIDIA vGPU software for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where a malicious user in the guest VM can cause a NULL-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service. | 5.5 | CWE: 476 |
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Windows driver branch.
Windows Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R545, R535, R525 | CVE‑2023‑31016, CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
R470 | CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, Windows driver versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update. Download the updates from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.
Software Product | Operating System | Driver Branch | **Affected Driver Versions ** | ** Updated Driver Version ** |
---|---|---|---|---|
GeForce | Windows | R545 | All driver versions prior to 546.01 | 546.01 |
Windows 10 and 11 | R470 | All driver versions prior to 474.64 for support of GeForce Kepler desktop | 474.64 | |
Windows 7 and 8.x | R470 | All driver versions prior to 474.64 | 474.64 | |
Studio | Windows | R545 | All driver versions prior to 546.01 | 546.01 |
NVIDIA RTX, | ||||
Quadro, | ||||
NVS | Windows | R545 | All driver versions prior to 546.01 | 546.01 |
R535 | All driver versions prior to 537.70 | 537.70 | ||
R525 | All driver versions prior to 529.19 | 529.19 | ||
R470 | All driver versions prior to 474.64 | 474.64 | ||
Tesla | Windows | R535 | All driver versions prior to 537.70 | 537.70 |
R525 | All driver versions prior to 529.19 | 529.19 | ||
R470 | All driver versions prior to 474.64 | 474.64 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Linux driver branch.
Linux Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R545, R535, R525, R470 | CVE‑2023‑31022 |
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, Linux driver versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update. Download the updates from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.
Software Product | Operating System | Driver Branch | **Affected Driver Versions ** | Updated Driver Version |
---|---|---|---|---|
GeForce | Linux | R545 | All driver versions prior to 545.29.02 | 545.29.02 |
R535 | All driver versions prior to 535.129.03 | 535.129.03 | ||
R525 | All driver versions prior to 525.147.05 | 525.147.05 | ||
R470 | All driver versions prior to 470.223.02 | 470.223.02 | ||
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | Linux | R545 | All driver versions prior to 545.29.02 | 545.29.02 |
R535 | All driver versions prior to 535.129.03 | 535.129.03 | ||
R525 | All driver versions prior to 525.147.05 | 525.147.05 | ||
R470 | All driver versions prior to 470.223.02 | 470.223.02 | ||
Tesla | Linux | R535 | All driver versions prior to 535.129.03 | 535.129.03 |
R525 | All driver versions prior to 525.147.05 | 525.147.05 | ||
R470 | All driver versions prior to 470.223.02 | 470.223.02 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Windows vGPU driver branch.
Windows Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R535 | CVE‑2023‑31016, CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31021, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
R525 | CVE‑2023‑31016, CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
R470 | CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Linux vGPU driver branch.
Linux Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R535, R525, R470 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each vGPU Manager driver branch.
vGPU Manager Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R535 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31021, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31026 |
R525 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31026 |
R470 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022 |
The following table lists NVIDIA vGPU software components affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
CVE IDs Addressed | vGPU Software Component | Operating System | Affected Versions | Updated Version |
---|---|---|---|---|
vGPU Software | Driver | vGPU Software | Driver | |
CVE‑2023‑31016 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31017 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31019 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31020 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31023 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31027 | Guest driver | Windows | All versions prior to and including 16.1 | 537.13 |
All versions prior to and including 15.3 | 529.11 | 15.4 | 529.19 | |
All versions prior to and including 13.8 | 474.44 | 13.9 | 474.64 | |
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | Guest driver | Linux | All versions prior to and including 16.1 | 535.104.05 |
All versions prior to and including 15.3 | 525.125.06 | 15.4 | 525.147.05 | |
All versions prior to and including 13.8 | 470.199.02 | 13.9 | 470.223.02 | |
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31021 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31026 | Virtual GPU Manager |
Citrix Hypervisor,
VMware vSphere,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM,
Ubuntu
| All versions prior to and including 16.1 | 535.104.06 | 16.2 | 535.109.03
All versions prior to and including 15.3 | 525.125.03 | 15.4 | 525.147.01
All versions prior to and including 13.8 | 470.199.03 | 13.9 | 470.223.02
CVE‑2023‑31018
CVE‑2023‑31021
CVE‑2023‑31022 | Virtual GPU Manager | Azure Stack HCI | All versions prior to and including 16.1 | 537.13 | 16.2 | 537.70
All versions prior to and including 15.3 | 529.06 | 15.4 | 529.19
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Windows Cloud Gaming driver branch.
Windows Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R545, R535 | CVE‑2023‑31016, CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31021, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
R525 | CVE‑2023‑31016, CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
R470 | CVE‑2023‑31017, CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31019, CVE‑2023‑31020, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31023, CVE‑2023‑31027 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Linux Cloud Gaming driver branch
Linux Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R545, R535, R525, R470 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022 |
The following table lists the CVE IDs addressed by the update in each Cloud Gaming Manager driver branch
Gaming Manager Driver Branch | CVE IDs Addressed |
---|---|
R545, R535 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31021, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31026 |
R525 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022, CVE‑2023‑31026 |
R470 | CVE‑2023‑31018, CVE‑2023‑31022 |
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
CVE IDs Addressed | Cloud Gaming Component | Operating System | Affected Versions | ** Updated Version ** |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cloud Gaming Software | Driver | ** Cloud Gaming Software** | Driver | |
CVE‑2023‑31016 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31017 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31019 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31020 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31023 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31027 | Guest driver | Windows | All versions prior to and including September 2023 release | 537.42 |
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | Guest driver | Linux | All versions prior to and including September 2023 release | 535.113.01 |
CVE‑2023‑31018 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31021 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31022 | ||||
CVE‑2023‑31026 | Virtual GPU Manager |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM,
VMware vSphere
| All versions prior to and including September 2023 release | 535.113.01 | October 2023 release | 545.29.02
NVIDIA thanks the following people for reporting the issues to us:
CVE‑2023‑31027: Patryk Nowakowski
CVE‑2023‑31017: Lockheed Martin Red Team