Nvidia has disclosed a group of security vulnerabilities in the Nvidia graphics processing unit (GPU) display driver, which could subject gamers and others to privilege-escalation attacks, arbitrary code execution, denial of service (DoS) and information disclosure.
Meanwhile, the Nvidia virtual GPU (vGPU) software also has a group of bugs that could lead to a range of similar attacks.
5 GPU Display Driver Security Bugs
The most severe of the five bugs in the GPU display driver is tracked as CVE-2021-1074, which rates 7.5 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability scale, making it high-severity.
