CVE-2026-8917
HighCVSS 8.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU Tweak II, AI Suite 3, and VGAdll have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. An IOCTL vulnerability allows a local attacker to write a specific value to an arbitrary memory address, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Risk Assessment
A local attacker can gain elevated privileges, enabling full control over the system and access to sensitive data.
Recommendation
Apply security updates as per the ASUS Security Advisory.
Original NVD description (English source)
Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPUTweakII, AI Suite3, and VGAdll: An IOCTL vulnerability allows a local attacker to write a specific value to an arbitrary memory address, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Refer to the ' Security Update for ASUS GPU Tweak III, GPU Tweak II, AI Suite 3, and Armoury Crate Security Bulletin ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.