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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2024-0126 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability which could allow a privileged attacker to escalate permissions.

published 2024-10-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-15927

cvss
8.2
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 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability which could allow a privileged attacker to escalate permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia gpu_display_driver 535.216.01, 538.95, 550.127.05, 553.24, 565.57.01, 566.03
  • nvidia virtual_gpu_manager 16.8, 17.4
  • nvidia cloud_gaming_virtual_gpu 565.57.01
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 12 535.216.01-1~deb12u1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13 535.216.01-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla Debian 12 525.147.05-6
  • nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules Debian 12 535.216.01-1~deb12u1
  • nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules Debian 13 535.216.01-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0126

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 535.216.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 535.216.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 535.216.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0126

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-0126 updated cvss 8.2

nvidia-display-driver: privilege escalation vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) bootc-nvidia-rhel9, instructlab-nvidia-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • NVIDIA GPU, vGPU, and Cloud Gaming
  • nvidia gpu_display_driver
  • nvidia virtual_gpu_manager
  • nvidia cloud_gaming_virtual_gpu

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.