3.3

CVE-2023-0196: nvidia cuda_toolkit NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 3.3v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0196DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0196
Published 02-03-2023Last modified 07-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0196 is a low (CVSS 3.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in nvidia cuda_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
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. 02-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains a bug in cuobjdump, where a local user running the tool against an ill-formed binary may cause a null- pointer dereference, which may result in a limited denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Nvidia2 products
Debian1 product
  • nvidia-cuda-toolkitAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 12.1.0-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • nvidia-cuda-toolkitAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

4 links