CVE-2024-0124 Use after free in CUDA Toolkit

Low 3.3 Published Updated

A user can cause a limited denial of service in the nvdisasm tool by processing a malformed ELF file, affecting CUDA Toolkit users.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0124?

CVE-2024-0124 is a low-severity use after free vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 3 Oct 2024. 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 Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the nvdisam command line tool, where a user can cause nvdisasm to read freed memory by running it on a malformed ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a limited denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0124?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-0124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0124, GHSA-2f42-mj3m-xhvx, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0124.

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