CVE-2014-5332

Race condition in NVMap in NVIDIA Tegra Linux Kernel 3.10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted NVMAP_IOC_CREATE IOCTL call, which triggers a use-after-free error, as demonstrated by using a race condition to escape the Chrome sandbox.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html	Exploit
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618	Vendor Advisory
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html	Exploit
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-02-06 11:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-5332

Mitre link : CVE-2014-5332

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-5332

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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