CVE-2014-8298

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8298
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-10 15:59:16 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe NVIDIA Linux Discrete GPU drivers before R304.125, R331.x before R331.113, R340.x before R340.65, R343.x before R343.36, and R346.x before R346.22, Linux for Tegra (L4T) driver before R21.2, and Chrome OS driver before R40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and X server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GLX indirect rendering protocol request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-19 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r304.125 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r331.00 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r331.112 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r340.00 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r340.65 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r343.00 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r343.36 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r346.00 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver r346.22 All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
CVE-2014-8298: GLX-INDIRECT (Including CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8098) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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