CVE-2024-38665
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOut-of-bounds write in some Intel(R) Graphics Drivers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a memory corruption vulnerability in Intel graphics drivers where an out-of-bounds write occurs. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this to write data to unintended memory locations, potentially achieving privilege escalation to higher system privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Intel graphics driver installationOpen Device Manager, expand 'Display adapters', and look for Intel GPU devices (e.g., Intel UHD Graphics, Iris Xe, etc.). Alternatively, run 'Get-PnpDevice -Class Display' in PowerShell or check 'lspci | grep -i vga' on Linux.Affected if No Intel graphics hardware or drivers are present in the system, the system is not affected by this vulnerability.
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Retrieve installed Intel graphics driver versionOn Windows: Right-click the Intel graphics device in Device Manager, select Properties, go to the Driver tab, and note the Driver Version. On Linux: Run 'cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/driver/version' or check 'lsmod | grep i915' and review driver package via 'dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video-intel' or equivalent.Affected if The installed driver version matches or falls within the affected version range for CVE-2024-38665 (compare your version to Intel's official advisory for this CVE).
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Verify the i915 kernel module or Intel display driver is loadedOn Linux: Run 'lsmod | grep i915' to confirm the i915 driver is active. On Windows: Check that the Intel Graphics driver service is running via 'services.msc' or 'Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*Intel*Graphics*"}'.Affected if The vulnerable driver component is loaded and running in memory, making exploitation possible if the version is affected.
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Check for recent driver updates or patchesReview the Intel Driver & Support Assistant on Windows, or check 'apt list --installed | grep intel' / 'rpm -qa | grep intel' on Linux for recent graphics driver package updates.Affected if The driver has NOT been updated to a version newer than the one addressed in CVE-2024-38665, indicating potential vulnerability.
A system is affected if it has an Intel graphics driver installed with a version that falls within the vulnerable range specified in the CVE-2024-38665 advisory, and the driver is actively loaded.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Intel graphics driver update provided by Intel through their driver update utilities or enterprise deployment tools. Prioritize systems with local user access.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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