CVE-2007-3532

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify video card settings, cause a denial of service (crash or physical video card damage), and obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

NVIDIA Video Driver: through 1.0.7185; through 1.0.9639; through 100.14.11

References

http://osvdb.org/40177
http://secunia.com/advisories/26497
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183567
http://osvdb.org/40177
http://secunia.com/advisories/26497
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183567

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