Security Bulletin: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit - March 2023

Updated 03/01/2023 04:53 PM

NVIDIA has released a software update for NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit software. This update addresses security issues that may lead to 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 summarizes the potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors follow CVSS v3.1 standards.

CVE ID Description Base Score Vector/CWE
CVE‑2023‑0193 NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where a local user running the tool against a malicious binary may cause an out-of-bounds read, which may result in a limited denial of service and limited information disclosure. 4.4 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE-125
CVE‑2023‑0196 NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains a bug in cuobjdump, where a local user running the tool against an ill-formed binary may cause a null- pointer dereference, which may result in a limited denial of service. 3.3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-476

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 software products and versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update.

Download the update from the CUDA Toolkit Downloads page to apply the security update.

CVEs Addressed Software Product Operating System Affected Versions Updated Version
CVE‑2023‑0193
CVE‑2023‑0196
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Linux All versions prior to 12.1 12.1
Windows All versions prior to 12.1 12.1

Notes

  • Earlier software releases of this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier release, upgrade to the latest release version.

Acknowledgements

CVE‑2023‑0193: NVIDIA thanks r3pwnx (@r3pwnx) of 360AIVul for reporting this issue.

CVE‑2023‑0196: NVIDIA thanks hjy79425575 for reporting this issue.

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Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 March 1, 2023 Initial release

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