Nvidia
has
published
an
official
bulletin
urging
people
to
update
their
Nvidia
graphics
cards
to
the
latest
drivers
in
order
to
be
safe
from
a
“vulnerability”
that
can
rate
from
7.8-8.2
on
Nvidia’s
scale,
which
is
enough
to
rate
the
risk
as
“high.”
NVIDIA
GPU
Display
Driver
for
Windows
contains
a
vulnerability
in
the
user
mode
layer,
where
an
unprivileged
regular
user
can
cause
an
out-of-bounds
read,”
says
the
bulletin.
“A
successful
exploit
of
this
vulnerability
might
lead
to
code
execution,
denial
of
service,
escalation
of
privileges,
information
disclosure,
and
data
tampering.”
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To
combat
the
threat
Nvidia
has
released
new
updates
for
its
cards,
and
users
should
ensure
that
they
are
updated.
You
can
do
this
manually
by
visiting
Nvidia’s
drivers
page
here
or
you
can
do
it
through
Nvidia’s
own
software
such
as
GeForce
Experience.
Depending
on
how
you
have
the
software
set
up,
your
card
may
have
already
been
updated,
but
it’s
best
to
double
check.
For
GeForce
GPUs,
driver
version 565.57.01/550.127.05/535.216.01 will
be
the
newest
update
available.
For
RTX,
Quadro,
and
NVS
GPUs,
the
latest
is 565.57.01/550.127.05/535.216.01.
For
Tesla
GPUs,
driver
versions 550.127.05/535.216.01.
Security
risks
aside,
it’s
generally
a
good
practice
to
update
your
drivers
anyway
as
Nvidia
constantly
puts
out
tweaks
to
aid
performance
in
the
latest
games.
