CVE-2024-0091
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers allows users to cause untrusted pointer dereference through driver API execution. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering. Affects users of NVIDIA GPU drivers on Windows and Linux systems.
💻 Affected Systems
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise including data theft, system instability, and potential privilege escalation leading to full control of affected systems.
Likely Case
Denial of service through system crashes or driver instability, potentially exposing sensitive memory contents.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper access controls and isolation, potentially only affecting the GPU driver functionality.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires local access and ability to execute driver APIs. No public exploit code known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check NVIDIA advisory for specific patched versions
Vendor Advisory: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5551
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Visit NVIDIA Driver Downloads page
2. Download latest driver for your GPU and OS
3. Run installer with administrative privileges
4. Restart system after installation completes
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Driver API Access
allLimit user access to NVIDIA driver APIs through access controls and privilege management
Application Whitelisting
allImplement application control to prevent unauthorized programs from accessing GPU driver APIs
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls to limit which users can execute GPU driver APIs
- Isolate systems with vulnerable drivers from sensitive networks and data
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check NVIDIA driver version against advisory at https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5551Check Version:
Windows: nvidia-smi | findstr "Driver Version" | Linux: nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csvVerify Fix Applied:
Verify driver version is updated to patched version listed in NVIDIA advisory📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected GPU driver crashes
- Access violations in NVIDIA driver logs
- System instability events related to display driver
Network Indicators:
- Not applicable - local vulnerability
SIEM Query:
Search for Event ID 1000 or 1001 in Windows Event Logs with NVIDIA driver module names, or kernel panic/crash logs on Linux systems