# CVE-2024-0073: CVE

> A local attacker can exploit excessive privileges in the NVIDIA GPU driver kernel mode layer to execute code, escalate privileges, or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vf5p-vw99-7w5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0073

## What is CVE-2024-0073?

CVE-2024-0073 is a high-severity vulnerability in nvidia GPU Display driver, vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver, published on 27 Mar 2024. 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 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer when the driver is performing an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0073?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-0073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0073 is a high-severity vulnerability in nvidia GPU Display driver, vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver, published on 27 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nvidia GPU Display driver, vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0073/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0073

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0073/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.