Denial of service in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit



Published: 2022-10-10
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-34667
CWE-ID CWE-121
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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CUDA Toolkit
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Vendor

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Stack-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU68092

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34667

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in cuobjdump. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick a victim to download a specially crafted corrupted file, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CUDA Toolkit: before 11.8

External links

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5373


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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