NvidiaNVIDIA:5334Security Bulletin: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit - March 2022
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
41.6%
NVIDIA has released a software update for NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit software. This update addresses security issues that may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.
To protect your system, download and install this software update from the CUDA Toolkit Downloads page.
Go to NVIDIA Product Security.
Details
This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.
| CVE ID | Description | Base Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2022‑21821 | NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains an integer overflow vulnerability in cuobjdump.To exploit this vulnerability, a remote attacker would require a local user to download a specially crafted, corrupted file and locally execute cuobjdump against the file. Such an attack may lead to remote code execution that causes complete denial of service and an impact on data confidentiality and integrity. |
7.8 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.
Security Updates
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
Download the update from the CUDA Toolkit Downloads page to apply the security update.
| CVE IDs Addressed | Software Product | Operating System | Affected Versions | Updated Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2022‑21821 | CUDA Toolkit | Windows and Linux | All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 11.6 Update 2 | 11.6 Update 2 |
Notes
- Earlier software releases that support this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier release, upgrade to the latest release version.
Mitigations
If you address this vulnerability by installing the CUDA Toolkit version listed in Security Updates, it is recommended, but not required, that you also update the CUDA driver at the same time. If you prefer to remain on an older CUDA driver, refer to CUDA Compatibility for more information.
This issue exists in the standalone developer utility cuobjdump, which is shipped with CUDA Toolkit. It does not affect normal runtime execution of CUDA. It is encountered only when developer tools are run against specifically malformed binaries.
Applications that are built with or distributed with the CUDA runtime components listed in Attachment A of the CUDA EULA are not affected by this vulnerability. The base and runtime variants of NGC CUDA containers are also unaffected because they do not contain the cuobjdump utility.
Acknowledgements
NVIDIA thanks Leonardo Galli for reporting this issue.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuda toolkit | lt | 11.6 |
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
41.6%