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NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit < 12.9 Arbitrary Code Execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237578

Synopsis

The remote host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit installed on the remote host is prior to 12.9.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary, where a failure to check the length of a buffer could allow a user to cause the tool to crash or execute arbitrary code by passing in a malformed ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to arbitrary code execution.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit version 12.9.0 or later.

See Also

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5643

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237578

File Name: nvidia_cuda_toolkit_12_9.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/30/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit

Required KB Items: installed_sw/NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23247

IAVB: 2025-B-0081