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CVE-2015-5950

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
nvidia-graphics-driversDebian
Fixed in:340.93-1CVE-2015-5950
Fixed in:340.93-1CVE-2015-5950
Fixed in:340.93-1CVE-2015-5950
Fixed in:340.93-1CVE-2015-5950
nvidia-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-304-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-340Ubuntu
Fixed in:340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-340-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-346Ubuntu
Fixed in:346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-346-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340Ubuntu
Fixed in:340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346Ubuntu
Fixed in:346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1USN-2747-1

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

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days
28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

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