Headline
CVE-2023-25514: NVIDIA Support
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where an attacker may cause an out-of-bounds read by tricking a user into running cuobjdump on a malformed input file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to limited denial of service, code execution, and limited information disclosure.
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‑2023‑25512
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where an attacker may cause an out-of-bounds memory read by running cuobjdump on a malformed input file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to limited denial of service, code execution, and limited information disclosure.
5.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE‑125
CVE‑2023‑25513
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where an attacker may cause an out-of-bounds read by tricking a user into running cuobjdump on a malformed input file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to limited denial of service, code execution, and limited information disclosure.
5.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE‑125
CVE‑2023‑25514
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where an attacker may cause an out-of-bounds read by tricking a user into running cuobjdump on a malformed input file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to limited denial of service, code execution, and limited information disclosure.
5.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE‑125
CVE‑2023‑25510
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK for Linux and Windows contains a NULL pointer dereference in cuobjdump, where a local user running the tool against a malformed binary may cause a limited denial of service.
3.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE‑476
CVE‑2023‑25511
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where a division-by-zero error may enable a user to cause a crash, which may lead to a limited denial of service.
3.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE‑369
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.
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‑2023‑25510
CVE‑2023‑25511
CVE‑2023‑25514
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Linux, Windows
All versions prior to 12.1 Update 1
12.1 Update 1
CVE‑2023‑25512
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Linux, Windows
All versions prior to 12.1
12.1
CVE‑2023‑25513
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Linux, Windows
All versions prior to 12.0 Update 1
12.0 Update 1
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‑2023‑25510, CVE‑2023‑25511: zz zr, Zhaozixi105
- CVE‑2023‑25512: Luca Di Bartolomeo @ EPFL, Zhaozixi105
- CVE‑2023‑25513: Luca Di Bartolomeo @ EPFL
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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.0
April 21, 2023
Initial release
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