CVE-2015-5950

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5950
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-30 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-08 03:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.108 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.119 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.121 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.123 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.125 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 340.43 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 340.52 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 341.44 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 352.21 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 352.30 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 353.06 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.108 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.119 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.121 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.123 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 304.125 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 340.43 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 340.52 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 341.44 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 352.21 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 352.30 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver 353.06 All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NVIDIA Graphics Driver Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-2747-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Memory corruption due to an unsanitized pointer in the NVIDIA display driver - Lenovo Support (US) CONFIRM support.lenovo.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center HP h20564.www2.hpe.com
Security Bulletin: CVE-2015-5950 Memory corruption due to an unsanitized pointer in the NVIDIA display driver | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
HPSBHF03513 HP h20566.www2.hp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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