Out-of-Bounds Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package, versions <304.128-0ubuntu0.0.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS304-304024
  • published30 Sept 2015
  • disclosed30 Sept 2015

Introduced: 30 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 to version 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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