Security News > 2020 > March > Gamer Alert: Serious Nvidia Flaw Plagues Graphics Driver

Nvidia's graphics processing unit display driver is used in devices targeted for enthusiast gamers; it's the software component that enables the device's operating system and programs to use its high-level graphics hardware.

The most severe flaw exists in the control panel component of the graphics driver, which is a utility program helping users monitor and adjust the settings of their graphics adapter.

Nvidia also disclosed several vulnerabilities in the Virtual GPU Manager, its tool that enables multiple virtual machines to have simultaneous, direct access to a single physical GPU, while also using Nvidia graphics drivers deployed on non-virtualized operating systems.

Nvidia also addressed a medium-severity vulnerability in its vGPU graphics driver for guest operating systems.

Nvidia last year issued fixes for high-severity flaws in two popular gaming products, including its graphics driver for Windows and GeForce Experience.

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