CVE-2024-53874 Denial of service in CUDA Toolkit
An attacker can cause a partial denial of service in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit by providing a malformed ELF file to the cuobjdump binary.
- 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-2024-53874?
CVE-2024-53874 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 25 Feb 2025. 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 all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary, where a user could cause an out-of-bounds read by passing a malformed ELF file to cuobjdump. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a partial denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53874?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53874?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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Is CVE-2024-53874 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53874 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53874, GHSA-fvhg-h82j-jfjq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53874.