CVE-2014-8298

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The 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.

The 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

NVIDIA GPU Driver

First reported 10 years ago

2014-12-10 15:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-26 02:00:00

Affected Software

NVIDIA GPU Driver R304.125 for Linux Kernel

r304.125
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R331.00 for Linux Kernel

r331.00
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R331.112 for Linux Kernel

r331.112
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R340.00 for Linux Kernel

r340.00
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R340.65 for Linux Kernel

r340.65
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R343.00 for Linux Kernel

r343.00
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R343.36 for Linux Kernel

r343.36
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R346.00 for Linux Kernel

r346.00
linux_kernel

NVIDIA GPU Driver R346.22 for Linux Kernel

r346.22
linux_kernel

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3610

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

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