CVE-2014-5332 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2015-02-06

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5221	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00371.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2015-02-06T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:48.610Z

Reserved: 2014-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5332

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-06T11:59:03.467

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:11:23.363

Link: CVE-2014-5332

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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