CVE-2011-0636 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 22 Jan 2011 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can read sensitive memory fragments due to uninitialized pinned memory in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit drivers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2011-0636?

CVE-2011-0636 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) cudaHostAlloc and (2) cuMemHostAlloc functions in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26, and possibly other versions, do not initialize pinned memory, which allows local users to read potentially sensitive memory, such as file fragments during read or write operations.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0636?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0636?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0636 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-0636 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0636 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jh56-j7wq-5q62.