CVE-2023-0181 Privilege escalation in vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM)
Attackers can exploit improper memory permission checks in the kernel mode layer to escalate privileges and tamper with data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-0181?
CVE-2023-0181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 1 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where memory permissions are not correctly checked, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0181?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0181?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-0181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0181, GHSA-2qwv-xp73-79cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0181.