CVE-2024-0126 Privilege escalation in GPU, vGPU, and Cloud Gaming
A privileged attacker can exploit the NVIDIA GPU driver to escalate permissions, leading to code execution and data tampering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-0126?
CVE-2024-0126 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU, vGPU, and Cloud Gaming, published on 26 Oct 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0126?
How do I fix CVE-2024-0126?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-0126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0126, GHSA-9gx5-phw8-cmrj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0126.