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CVE-2015-5950· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352

The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352.41 on Linux; and R352 before 352.46 on GRID vGPU and vSGA allows local users to write to an arbitrary kernel memory location and consequently gain privileges via a crafted ioctl call.

MediumCVSS 6.9 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 29, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 28th percentile
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Action score

27

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
nvidiagpu driver
nvidiadisplay driver
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • nvidia display driverup to 352.86 inclusive
  • nvidia display driverup to 352.09 inclusive
  • nvidia display driver304.108
  • nvidia display driver304.119
  • nvidia display driver304.121
  • nvidia display driver304.123
  • nvidia display driver304.125
  • nvidia display driver340.43
  • nvidia display driver340.52
  • nvidia display driver341.44
  • nvidia display driver352.21
  • nvidia display driver352.30
  • nvidia display driver353.06
  • nvidia gpu driverup to 352.30 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-driversbefore 340.93-1340.93-1

Same product

nvidia: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-5684NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in DirectX drivers, in which a specially crafted shader can cause
    42Plan
  • CVE-2019-5685NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in DirectX drivers, in which a specially crafted shader can cause
    41Plan
  • CVE-2015-5053The host memory mapping path feature in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R346 before 346.87 and R352 before 352.41 for Linux and R352 before 3
    41Plan
  • CVE-2013-5986Unspecified vulnerability in NVIDIA graphics driver Release 331, 325, 319, 310, and 304 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different v
    41Plan
  • CVE-2018-6250NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a NULL po
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2018-6249NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in kernel mode layer handler where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to denial of servi
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:nvidia-graphics-drivers340.93-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    CVSS vector

    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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