CVE-2023-25523: NVIDIA Support

Details

This section summarizes the potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors follow CVSS v3.1 standards.

CVE ID

Description

Base Score

Vector and CWE

CVE‑2023‑25523

NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in the nvdisasm binary file, where an attacker may cause a NULL pointer dereference by providing a user with a malformed ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a partial denial of service.

3.3

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-476

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Security Updates

The following table lists the software products and versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update.

Download the update from the CUDA Toolkit Downloads page to apply the security update.

CVEs Addressed

Software Product

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

CVE‑2023‑25523

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Linux, Windows

All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit v12.2

CUDA Toolkit v12.2

Notes

• Earlier software releases of this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier release, upgrade to the latest release version.

Acknowledgements

NVIDIA thanks the following people for reporting these issues:

CVE‑2023‑25523: Jifan Xiao

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

June 29, 2023

Initial release

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