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CVE-2007-3532

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2007-07-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Nvidia Video DriverGentoo Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References