CVE-2015-5950

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5950
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-09-30T01:59:17
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-08T03:11:34
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 352.30
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR 352.09
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.108:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.119:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.121:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.123:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.125:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.21:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.30:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 352.86
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:341.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:353.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia Vendor Advisory
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5950
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5950
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:57:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:33:22 2015-09-30T01:59Z 2015-09-30T01:59:17 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:33:22 2016-12-08T03:11:34 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:33:22 Modified Vulnerability Status updated