# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8298, GHSA-2ph2-8m3c-5288, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8298

## 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: Nvidia Gpu Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8298?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2019-5684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5684/): Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-5053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5053/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-5986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5986/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-5685](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5685/): Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-6247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6247/): Null dereference in GPU Display Driver (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8298 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Gpu Driver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8298/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8298

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8298/
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