CVE-2014-8298 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted GLX requests in NVIDIA Linux GPU drivers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8298?
CVE-2014-8298 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 10 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NVIDIA Linux Discrete GPU drivers before R304.125, R331.x before R331.113, R340.x before R340.65, R343.x before R343.36, and R346.x before R346.22, Linux for Tegra (L4T) driver before R21.2, and Chrome OS driver before R40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and X server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GLX indirect rendering protocol request.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8298?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-8298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8298, GHSA-2ph2-8m3c-5288, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8298.