NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit ELF File out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit. This affects an unknown part of the component ELF File Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53871. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component ELF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53871 since 11/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.3
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Timelineinfo

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-2024-53871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296837

Entryinfo

Created: 02/25/2025 21:54
Updated: 09/19/2025 05:03
Changes: 02/25/2025 21:54 (61), 02/28/2025 02:34 (2), 09/19/2025 05:03 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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