Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2015-5950
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- NVIDIA Display Driver — versions 304.108, 304.119, 304.121
- NVIDIA GPU Driver
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
- h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662 (vdb-entry)
- h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corrupt… (Vendor Advisory)