Description
A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
nvidia/display_driver
< 295.53
Published
May 08, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026