🛡️ CVE-2024-0126 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-0126 as tracked by Debian, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers. The fix is available in version 535.216.01-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0126 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0126 is recorded against 8 packages.

• nvidia-graphics-drivers (fixed in 535.216.01-1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla (fixed in 525.147.05-6)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 (fixed in 450.248.02-4)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460 (fixed in 460.106.00-3)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470
• nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules (fixed in 535.216.01-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 October 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

nvidia-graphics-drivers has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ECHO-8752-7f5c-2930 (published 31 Jan 2026)
• DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33219 (published 28 Jan 2026)
• ECHO-31fb-6654-d989 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-18b5-582e-57d8 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-eeb5-3e3e-2d50 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-142b-555d-bea7 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-e9c4-fb81-4a6a (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-03ce-ef79-5d82 (published 18 Dec 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-0126 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References