CVE-2014-8298 describes a vulnerability in various NVIDIA Linux Discrete GPU drivers, Linux for Tegra (L4T) drivers, and Chrome OS drivers. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted GLX indirect rendering protocol request, potentially leading to a denial of service (X server crash) or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
r304.125CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:r304.125:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* | ||
r331.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:r331.00:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* | ||
r331.112CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:r331.112:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* | ||
r340.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:r340.00:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* | ||
r340.65CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:r340.65:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.