CVE-2023-0188 Memory corruption 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)
An unprivileged user can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the NVIDIA GPU driver kernel mode layer, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2023-0188?
CVE-2023-0188 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 the kernel mode layer handler, where an unprivileged user can cause improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0188?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-0188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0188, GHSA-xhw8-7rfw-2fg2, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0188.