CVE-2015-5950: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Sep 29 2015(Updated: )
The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352.41 on Linux; and R352 before 352.46 on GRID vGPU and vSGA allows local users to write to an arbitrary kernel memory location and consequently gain privileges via a crafted ioctl call.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia Gpu Driver | <=352.30 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | <=352.09 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =304.108 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =304.119 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =304.121 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =304.123 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =304.125 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =352.21 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =352.30 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | <=352.86 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =340.43 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =340.52 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =341.44 | |
| Nvidia Display Driver | =353.06 | |
| Microsoft Windows |
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Reference Links
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
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- vendor/nvidia
- canonical/nvidia gpu driver
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- version/nvidia display driver/304.108
- version/nvidia display driver/304.119
- version/nvidia display driver/304.121
- version/nvidia display driver/304.123
- version/nvidia display driver/304.125
- version/nvidia display driver/352.21
- version/nvidia display driver/352.30
- version/nvidia display driver/352.86
- version/nvidia display driver/340.43
- version/nvidia display driver/340.52
- version/nvidia display driver/341.44
- version/nvidia display driver/353.06
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