UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8298

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8298

    Published: 10 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8298
    Aliases:
    USN-2438-1

    Summary:

    Details: The NVIDIA Linux Discrete GPU drivers before R304.125, R331.x before R331.113, R340.x before R340.65, R343.x before R343.36, and R346.x before R346.22, Linux for Tegra (L4T) driver before R21.2, and Chrome OS driver before R40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and X server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GLX indirect rendering protocol request.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8298, http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3610/kw/3610, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2438-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8298

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1

    Affected versions

    304.88-0ubuntu8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High