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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ASUS GPU Tweak III unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ V2.1.1.7
ASUS GPUTweakII unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ V2.4.0.0
ASUS AI Suite3 unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ V2.1.2.0
ASUS VGAdll unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ V0.0.7.8

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History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T02:00:08.248Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-8917

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

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