CVE-2024-53879

Local cuobjdump crash via malformed ELF quantity

Published Feb 25, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2025

Improper input validation in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit before 12.8 allows local users to crash cuobjdump with a malformed ELF file. The cuobjdump ELF parser fails to validate a specified quantity before processing it; NVIDIA has not identified the exact field or code path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and user interaction, and the bounded consequence is interruption of the cuobjdump process.

CVSS severity2.8
Low
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper input validation in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit before 12.8 allows local users to crash cuobjdump with a malformed ELF file. The cuobjdump ELF parser fails to validate a specified quantity before processing it; NVIDIA has not identified the exact field or code path. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and user interaction, and the bounded consequence is interruption of the cuobjdump process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-53879
Published
Feb 25, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2025
Vendor
DPDK Project
Product
CUDA Toolkit
Classifications
CWE-1284
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All versions up to CUDA Toolkit 12.8

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

DPDK Project · CUDA Toolkitversion=All versions up to CUDA Toolkit 12.8

Published CVSS scores

2.8NVIDIACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1284Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

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