Nvidia tells users to urgently update their GPU drivers to fix eight ‘highly severe’ vulnerabilities

Nvidia has warned that its users should update their GPU drivers urgently, due to eight security risks.

As spotted by Wccftech, Nvidia has urged users to update their Nvidia GPU Display Driver as soon as possible.

The security risks affect Nvidia’s GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla products, and if not patched could lead to unauthorised attacks on users’ PCs.

There are two main types of vulnerabilities exposed by the risks identified. The first “could allow a privileged attacker to escalate permissions”,  while the other is “a vulnerability in the user mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause an out-of-bounds read”.

Nvidia says this can result in “remote code execution, denial of services, escalation of privileges, information disclosure and data tampering” if not addressed.

Users are advised to update via the Nvidia Driver Downloads page, or through the software included with their GPU (such as GeForce Experience), which provides driver updates.

According to Nvidia, the severity of these vulnerabilities is graded ‘High’, with scores 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 driver branch R565 – version 566.03
• RTX / Quadro / NVS driver branch R550 – version 553.24
• RTX / Quadro / NVS driver branch R535 – version 538.95

Last week, Nvidia overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable company, partly due to its status as a leading provider for computing parts required in the development of AI.

The technology giant leapfrogged Apple as its market value reached $3.53 trillion.