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Nvidia Patches Many Vulnerabilities in Windows, Linux Display Drivers

December 1, 2022

The most severe of the security defects is CVE‑2022‑34669 (CVSS score of 8.8), an issue in the user mode layer of Nvidia’s Windows driver that could be exploited by an unprivileged attacker to access or tamper with system files or other files that the driver uses.

Successful exploitation of the bug, Nvidia says, could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, escalate privileges, access restricted information, or modify data.

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