Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain local low-privileged access to Windows host
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ExploitInvoke kernel color-transform via YCbCr420 emulation path
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ExecutionExhaust kernel stack (excessive depth)
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ImpactDriver/system crash (denial of service)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Stack buffer bounds checking
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires local access with low privileges (PR:L) to a Windows system running an affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, and the ability to trigger the kernel-mode color-transform path that evaluates YCbCr420 display emulation. Limiting factors: no remote vector (AV:L), no user interaction of a victim needed but attacker must already be authenticated on the host, and impact is capped at denial of service (no confidentiality or integrity effect). Affected versions include GeForce/RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla branches prior to the 582.78 / 596.86 / 610.60 / 610.88 / 616.56 / 616.92 fixed builds (per EUVD-2026-90169); GeForce is limited to Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal architectures on the 582.78 branch. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite a moderate 5.5 CVSS. The vendor vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) is internally consistent with the description: local attack vector, low privileges, and availability-only impact (C:N/I:N/A:H). The CWE-121 stack-overflow classification is somewhat misleading here - the description specifies 'excessive kernel stack use' (stack depth exhaustion), not a controllable out-of-bounds write, which is why the stated impact ceiling is denial of service rather than code execution or privilege escalation. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' There is no SSVC data supplied. The signals are not conflicting - they consistently point to a local, low-impact (crash/DoS only) bug requiring an already-authenticated foothold. This is a high-CVSS-relative-to-real-risk item: real-world urgency is low because it cannot cross a confidentiality or integrity boundary and requires local access. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local low-privileged user on a Windows host with an affected NVIDIA GPU driver crafts or triggers a display/color-transform operation exercising the YCbCr420 display-emulation path, causing unbounded kernel stack usage that exhausts the stack and crashes the driver/system. No public exploit code is known, and the attacker gains only a denial of service (system crash), not code execution or data access. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows arises from excessive kernel stack consumption in the kernel-mode color transform path when evaluating YCbCr420 display emulation, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121). A local attacker with low privileges (PR:L per the CVSS vector) can crash the system, but there is no impact to confidentiality or integrity. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and the moderate CVSS 5.5 reflects the local, DoS-only nature, making this a low-priority issue.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: apply the fixed driver version appropriate for your product branch-GeForce: 582.78 (Maxwell/Volta/Pascal), 610.60, or 616.56; RTX/Quadro/NVS: 582.78, 596.86, 610.88, or 616.92; Tesla: 596.86, 610.88, or 616.92. Download the updated driver from NVIDIA and consult the advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861. Because the attack requires local low-privileged access, no network-level mitigation exists; restricting interactive logon and enforcing least privilege reduces exposure but at the cost of operational flexibility. No other workaround is documented in the available data.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in the Windows kernel-mode display driver's color transform path, specifically when handling YCbCr420 chroma-subsampled video for display emulation. YCbCr420 reduces bandwidth by storing chroma at quarter resolution, and the driver's logic for emulating this format fails to bound kernel stack usage, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) that can exhaust the kernel stack and cause a system crash (denial of service). The affected CPEs include nvidia:geforce, nvidia:rtx,_quadro,_nvs, and nvidia:tesla, indicating a broad set of NVIDIA GPU product lines using the vulnerable driver branch. The low privileges required (PR:L) mean any authenticated user on the host can trigger the path if they can access the necessary display APIs, though exploitation is limited to crashing the system.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Local authenticated low-priv trigger of a kernel path (AV:L/PR:L/AC:L), no scope change, availability-only crash impact with no confidentiality or integrity effect (C:N/I:N/A:H).
Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).
CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia
DescriptionCVE.org
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel-mode color transform path where excessive kernel stack use occurs when evaluating YCbCr420 display emulation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
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GHSA-c6w6-g7x3-8fmq
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