CVE-2014-8298

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

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.

Affected products

Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver: through r21.2; through r39; r304.125, r331.00, r331.112, r340.00, r340.65, r343.00 (+3)

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3610
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3610
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

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