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Unscored USN-2747-1 1 CVE

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates, jockey vulnerability

Published Sep 28, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Dario Weisser discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly
handled certain IOCTL writes. A local attacker could use this issue to
possibly gain root privileges.

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates 340.93-0ubuntu0.0.1
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates 346.96-0ubuntu0.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5950