6.6

CVE-2015-7869: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7869USN-2814-1DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7869
Published 24-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7869 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304< 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates< 304.131-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340< 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates< 340.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-352< 352.63-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers< 352.63-1
Nvidia1 product
  • gpu_driver≥ 304, < 304.131 | ≥ 340, < 340.96 | ≥ 352, < 352.63 | ≥ 358, < 358.16 | 346.22 | ≥ 340, < 341.96 | ≥ 352, < 354.35 | ≥ 358, < 358.87

4 vendors · 9 products

References

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