CVE-2015-5950
NVIDIA display driver <353.82/<341.81 - Local Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_hp
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia
Scores
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (14)
nvidia/display_driver
304.108
nvidia/display_driver
304.119
nvidia/display_driver
304.121
nvidia/display_driver
304.123
nvidia/display_driver
304.125
nvidia/display_driver
352.21
nvidia/display_driver
352.30
nvidia/display_driver
340.43
nvidia/display_driver
340.52
nvidia/display_driver
341.44
... and 4 more
Published
Sep 30, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026