CVE-2024-0079 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-0079

CVE

Vulnerability Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user in a guest VM can cause a NULL-pointer dereference in the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions prior to and including 16.3, 13.9, and all versions prior to and including the January 2024 release

Timeline

Official Publish: March 27th, 2024
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access