Nvidia releases new GPU drivers to fix several security vulnerabilities

We probably won't repeat it often enough, but it's always good to maintain a rigorous lifestyle by regularly updating your drivers… And this logically concerns those for your graphics card. Several security vulnerabilities have been detected within NVIDIA software – specifically, all versions preceding drivers 553.62 and 539.19. The deployment of these patches, dating from last week, concerns both Windows and Linux users.

Among the most important flaws, the CVE-2024-0150 concerns the main GPU drivers and would allow the writing of data outside the limits of the buffer of memory – with, as a result, endangering user data or even vulnerability to a denial of service attack. On the side of the virtual GPU software, the flaw CVE‑2024‑0146 contains a vulnerability susceptible to alteration by a malicious agent, up to remote code execution. Two faults classified as high severity on the dedicated page from the American manufacturer.

The easiest way to update is through the NVIDIA application, ex-GeForce Experience, recently remodeled to centralize all driver configurations. For those who prefer to do without them, the new drivers can also be downloaded directly from the site from NVIDIA.

A perfect transition to talk about the imminent release of RTX 50 series graphics cards; THE RTX 5080 and 5090 will be marketed from the end of January. They will arrive in tandem with DLSS 4, the next generation of its neural rendering technology allowing in-game image scaling to a higher resolution – and soon multi-generation of images to maximize performance.