NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit ELF File null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ELF File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-53877. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component ELF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the nvdisasm binary, where a user could cause a NULL pointer exception by passing a malformed ELF file to nvdisasm. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a partial denial of service.

It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53877 since 11/23/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216913 (NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.8.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (February_2025)), 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 (216913). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 216913
Nessus Name: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.8.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (February_2025)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/23/2024 🔍
02/25/2025 +94 days 🔍
02/25/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/19/2025 +206 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53877 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53877
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296835

Entryinfo

Created: 02/25/2025 21:53
Updated: 09/19/2025 05:57
Changes: 02/25/2025 21:53 (61), 02/28/2025 02:34 (2), 09/19/2025 05:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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