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CVE-2023-0189 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler which may lead to code execution, denial of s…

published 2023-04-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12278

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia virtual_gpu 11.12, 13.7, 15.2
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 525.105.17-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla Debian 12 525.105.17-1
  • nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules Debian 13, Debian 12 525.105.17-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 Debian 12 470.182.03-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0189

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 470.182.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 470.182.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 470.182.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 515.105.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 515.105.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 515.105.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 525.105.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 525.105.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0189

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • NVIDIA vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference

References

Sources

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