🛡️ CVE-2024-0149 on Ubuntu — nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-0149 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304. The fix is available in version 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1; 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 low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• 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: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0149 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-2024-0149 is recorded against 27 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-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
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-510
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-515
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-520
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-530
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 (fixed in 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server (fixed in 535.230.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.3)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-545
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-550

Timeline and source

Published on 28 January 2025 and last revised on 2 June 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:

• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24197 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24187 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24196 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24182 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24195 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2025-33221 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24194 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24193 (published 26 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read) in other software:

• CVE-2019-16249 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23560 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-14492 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23594 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-18009 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-14491 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-21728 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12599 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-0149 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References