CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8298

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl
7.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

CWE-19

How to fix

Remediation Available
nvidia-graphics-driversDebian
Fixed in:340.65-1CVE-2014-8298
Fixed in:340.65-1CVE-2014-8298
Fixed in:340.65-1CVE-2014-8298
Fixed in:340.65-1CVE-2014-8298
nvidia-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2438-1
nvidia-304-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2438-1
nvidia-331Ubuntu
Fixed in:331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4USN-2438-1
nvidia-331-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4USN-2438-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2438-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2438-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntu
Fixed in:331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4USN-2438-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4USN-2438-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Other references1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.