Overview
NVIDIA UNIX video drivers contain a buffer overflow vulnerability when run in NoScanout mode.
Description
The NVIDIA security advisory states: NVIDIA UNIX GPU Driver ARGB Cursor Buffer Overflow in "NoScanout" Mode. |
Impact
A local authenticated attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability to gain privilege escalation to the root user. |
Solution
Apply an Update |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
Group | Score | Vector |
---|---|---|
Base | 6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N |
Temporal | 5.2 | E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
Environmental | 4.3 | CDP:L/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the NVIDIA security team for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jared Allar.
Other Information
CVE IDs: | CVE-2013-0131 |
Date Public: | 2013-04-05 |
Date First Published: | 2013-04-05 |
Date Last Updated: | 2013-04-05 19:57 UTC |
Document Revision: | 10 |