Nvidia security flaws could used to commit denial of service attacks on Windows PCs

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clock 06 August 2019 •
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Five security flaws in Nvidia GPU drivers leave PCs open to privilege escalation and denial of service attacks

Security flaws in the drivers of Nvidia graphics cards could expose users' Windows PCs to privilege escalation and denial of service attacks. The five security flaws, which range from ‘medium' to ‘high'...

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