CVE-2014-5332

medium

Published 2015-02-06 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.9

VIR risk

6.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5332

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: vultures@jpcert.or.jp — http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	sid	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`
linux-kernel	3.10	affected

References

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5332

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.