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Nvidia has warned that its users should update their GPU drivers immediately, due to eight security risks.
As discovered by Wccftech, Nvidia is urging users to update their Nvidia GPU Display Drivers as soon as possible.
The security risk affects Nvidia GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla products, and if not patched could lead to unauthorized attacks on users' PCs.
There are two main types of vulnerabilities exposed by the identified risks. The first “could allow a privileged attacker to escalate permissions,” while the other is “a vulnerability in the user-mode layer, where a normal unprivileged user could cause an out-of-bounds read.”
Nvidia says this could result in “remote code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data compromise” if left unaddressed.
Users are advised to update via the Nvidia Driver Downloads page, or via the software included with their GPU (such as GeForce Experience), which provides driver updates.
According to Nvidia, the severity of this vulnerability is rated 'High', with a score between 7.8 and 8.2 out of 10.
Users should update to the following driver versions as soon as possible:
- GeForce – version 566.03
- RTX / Quadro / NVS R565 driver branch – version 566.03
- RTX / Quadro / NVS R550 driver branch – version 553.24
- RTX / Quadro / NVS R535 driver branch – version 538.95
Last week, Nvidia overtook Apple as the world's most valuable company, in part because of its status as a leading provider of computing components needed in AI development.
The tech giant surpassed Apple as its market value reached $3.53 trillion.
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