CVE-2023-0189 is a critical vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux, affecting both standard Linux kernels and virtual GPU environments. This flaw in the kernel mode layer handler could allow a local attacker to achieve code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, or data tampering. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and local access requirement. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.0, < 15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.