Summary:

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Investigates a Vulnerability in Microsoft Canonical Display Driver.

Impact:

DoS/Possible Code Execution

Risk:

High

Affected Software:

For a list of Microsoft Canonical Display Driver versions affected, please see the references below.

Additional Information:

This is a vulnerability being exploited that could cause the affected system to stop responding and automatically restart. The possibility of remote code execution can't be excluded.

FortiGuard Labs continues to monitor this vulnerability world wide while developing additional mitigation strategies / solutions based off our findings.

References:

• Microsoft Security Advisory:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx