# CVE-2015-7869: Integer overflow in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit integer overflows in NVIDIA GPU kernel drivers to gain privileges, cause crashes, or read sensitive memory.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Nov 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7869, GHSA-x8fh-ff43-cfq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7869, USN-2814-1

## What is CVE-2015-7869?

CVE-2015-7869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple integer overflows in the kernel mode driver for the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows and R304 before 304.131, R340 before 340.96, R352 before 352.63, and R358 before 358.16 on Linux allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors, which trigger uninitialized or out of bounds memory access.  NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 and ADT3 due to different vulnerability type and affected versions. See CVE-2015-8328 for the vulnerability in the NVAPI support layer in NVIDIA drivers for Windows.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7869?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Nvidia Gpu Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-7869?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-7869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-7869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-7869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. 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-2015-7869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7869

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