CVE-2007-3532

HIGH 7.2CVE-2007-3532 · Published 27/07/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-3532 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting video driver (nvidia).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 31.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
video driver nvidia	`≤ 1.0.7185≤ 1.0.9639≤ 100.14.11`	No fix yet

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.

References

osvdb.org/40177
secunia.com/advisories/26497 · Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
securityfocus.com/bid/25360
securityfocus.com/bid/25363
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi

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