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.
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Untrusted Pointer Dereference in ASUS GPU Tweak and AI Suite Leading to Local Privilege Escalation

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
First Time appeared Asus
Asus ai Suite3
Asus gpu Tweak Iii
Asus gputweakii
Asus vgadll
Weaknesses CWE-822
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:asus:ai_suite3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:asus:gpu_tweak_iii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:asus:gputweakii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:asus:vgadll:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Asus
Asus ai Suite3
Asus gpu Tweak Iii
Asus gputweakii
Asus vgadll
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:52:19.454Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T05:56:53.178Z

Link: CVE-2026-8917

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:52:06.726Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T03:18:01.900

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:17:57.077

Link: CVE-2026-8917

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T04:30:03Z

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