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Untrusted Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-12576

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to trigger a crash of the FW running on the GPU freezing graphics output.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published