CVE-2015-7869

medium
Published 2015-11-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.6
VIR risk
6.6

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the kernel mode driver for the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows and R304 before 304.131, R340 before 340.96, R352 before 352.63, and R358 before 358.16 on Linux allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors, which trigger uninitialized or out of bounds memory access. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 and ADT3 due to different vulnerability type and affected versions. See CVE-2015-8328 for the vulnerability in the NVAPI support layer in NVIDIA drivers for Windows.

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-2015-7869

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04971867

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3808/kw/security

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
linux linux-kernelnot-affected
debian debianbookwormfixed352.63-1
debian debianbullseyefixed352.63-1
debian debianforkyfixed352.63-1
debian debiansidfixed352.63-1
debian debiantrixiefixed352.63-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"304","endExcluding":"304.131"}304.131
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver346.22
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"340","endExcluding":"340.96"}340.96
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"352","endExcluding":"352.63"}352.63
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"358","endExcluding":"358.16"}358.16
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"340","endExcluding":"341.96"}341.96
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"352","endExcluding":"354.35"}354.35
nvidia nvidiagpu_driver{"startIncluding":"358","endExcluding":"358.87"}358.87

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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