USN-2747-1

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    USN-2747-1

    Published: 28 Sept 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346, nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates, jockey vulnerability

    Details: Dario Weisser discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled certain IOCTL writes. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2747-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5950

    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 -304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1

    Affected versions

    304.88-0ubuntu8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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