NULL pointer dereference in CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2024-0072

 

NULL pointer dereference in CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2024-0072

Published: April 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88205
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0072
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
CUDA Toolkit

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in cuobjdump and nvdisasm. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted ELF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-0072

Install updates from vendor's website.

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