Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-7869
Multiple integer overflows in the kernel mode driver for the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows and R304 before 304.131, R340 before 340.96, R352 before 352.63, and R358 before 358.16 on Linux allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors, which trigger uninitialized or out of bounds memory access. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 and ADT3 due to different vulnerability type and affected versions. See CVE-2015-8328 for the vulnerability in the NVAPI support layer in NVIDIA drivers for Windows.
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- Nvidia Gpu_driver — versions 346.22
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7869?
- CVE-2015-7869 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-189. Published 2015-11-24.
- Is CVE-2015-7869 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.