NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit up to 12.6U1 on Windows/Linux nvdisam null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit up to 12.6U1 on Windows/Linux. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component nvdisam. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-0125. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit up to 12.6U1 on Windows/Linux. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component nvdisam. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the nvdisam command line tool, where a user can cause a NULL pointer dereference by running nvdisasm on a malformed ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a limited denial of service.

The advisory is shared for download at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-0125 since 12/02/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208118 (NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit < 12.6.77 (12.6U2) Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2024)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208118). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 208118
Nessus Name: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit < 12.6.77 (12.6U2) Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2024)

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12/02/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0125 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0125
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279152

Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2024 21:36
Updated: 10/04/2024 17:07
Changes: 10/03/2024 21:36 (63), 10/04/2024 11:54 (1), 10/04/2024 17:07 (2)
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