Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-0071 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. 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:N/UI:R/S:U/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: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- 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
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0071 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0071 is recorded against 13 packages.
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-430
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-435
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-455
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-460
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-510
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-520
Timeline and source
Published on 27 March 2024 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
nvidia.custhelp.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
Other advisories for this package
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read) in other software:
