Out-of-bounds Read Affecting nvidia-cuda-toolkit package, versions <11.1.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-NVIDIACUDATOOLKIT-1027251
  • published31 Oct 2020
  • disclosed30 Oct 2020

Introduced: 30 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-5991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 nvidia-cuda-toolkit to version 11.1.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-cuda-toolkit package and not the nvidia-cuda-toolkit package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, all versions prior to 11.1.1, contains a vulnerability in the NVJPEG library in which an out-of-bounds read or write operation may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.

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