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CVE-2023-0185 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where sign conversion issuescasting an unsigned prim…

published 2023-04-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12274

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where sign conversion issuescasting an unsigned primitive to signed may lead to denial of service or information disclosure.

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-2023-0185

  • 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-2023-0185

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
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-196 Unsigned to Signed Conversion Error
  • CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
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References

Sources

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