CVE-2015-5950

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5950
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-30 01:59:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 All All All All
Application Nvidia Display 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
NVIDIA Graphics Driver Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hp.com
Memory corruption due to an unsanitized pointer in the NVIDIA display driver - Lenovo Support (US) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.lenovo.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
USN-2747-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Bulletin: CVE-2015-5950 Memory corruption due to an unsanitized pointer in the NVIDIA display driver | NVIDIA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
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