CVE-2023-25513 Memory corruption in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can cause out-of-bounds read leading to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure by tricking a user into running cuobjdump on a malformed file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-25513?

CVE-2023-25513 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 22 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25513?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25513?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-25513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25513, GHSA-rm7m-47mr-vg23, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25513.

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