CVE-2015-5053

critical
Published 2015-11-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The host memory mapping path feature in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R346 before 346.87 and R352 before 352.41 for Linux and R352 before 352.46 for GRID vGPU and vSGA does not properly restrict access to third-party device IO memory, which allows attackers to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (resource consumption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors related to the follow_pfn kernel-mode API call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5053

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3802

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed352.41-1
debian debianbullseyefixed352.41-1
debian debianforkyfixed352.41-1
debian debiansidfixed352.41-1
debian debiantrixiefixed352.41-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.16
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.22
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.35
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.47
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.59
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.72
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.82
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver352.09
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver352.21
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver352.30
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver352.41

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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