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🛡️ CVE-2024-0091 on Ubuntu — nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where a user can cause an untrusted pointer dereference by executing a driver API. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-0091 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304. The fix is available in version 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1; 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 low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. 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:L/UI:N/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: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • 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-2024-0091 is classified as CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0091 is recorded against 33 packages.

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-352
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-361
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-367
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-375
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-430
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-435
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-440
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-450
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-455
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-460
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (fixed in 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server (fixed in 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-495
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-510
Show the remaining 9 packages
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-520
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-525
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-525-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-530
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 (fixed in 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server (fixed in 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 June 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)
www.cve.org (Report)
nvidia.custhelp.com (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-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference) in other software:

CVE-2024-0091 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-06-13
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 — 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server — 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-495 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-525-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-530 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 — 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server — 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

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