6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-5950
NVIDIA Display Driver Kernel Write Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 30, 2015, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5950 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nvidia gpu_driver
2 Nvidia display_driver
1 Microsoft windows

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5950 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:352.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.125:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.123:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.121:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.119:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.108:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.30:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.21:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.09:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:353.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:341.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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