NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit nvdisasm NULL Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2024-53877 Published on February 25, 2025
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the nvdisasm binary, where a user could cause a NULL pointer exception by passing a malformed ELF file to nvdisasm. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a partial denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-53877 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-53877
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Version All versions up to CUDA Toolkit 12.8 is affected by CVE-2024-53877Exploit Probability
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