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AVID-2026-R1567

Description

Vulnerability CVE-2024-53876

Details

NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the nvdisasm binary, where a user could cause an out-of-bounds read by passing a malformed ELF file to nvdisasm. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a partial denial of service.

Reason for inclusion in AVID: CVE-2024-53876 describes a software vulnerability in the CUDA Toolkit (nvdisasm) that allows an out-of-bounds read with potential DoS when processing a malformed ELF file. CUDA Toolkit components are widely used in AI/ML software stacks (drivers/libraries for model training, inference, and deployment). This is a software supply-chain issue affecting AI software components, not a hardware/firmware-only vulnerability. The CVE entry provides sufficient signal (CVE ID, description, and references) to categorize it as a security vulnerability in a software dependency used in AI systems.

References

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

  • Developer: NVIDIA
  • Deployer: NVIDIA
  • Artifact Details:
TypeName
SystemCUDA Toolkit

Impact

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

  • Risk domains: Security
  • SEP subcategories: S0100: Software Vulnerability
  • Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

CVSS

Version3.1
Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score3.3
Base Severity🟢 Low
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack Complexity🟢 Low
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability Impact🟢 Low

CWE

IDDescription
CWE-125CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Other information

  • Report Type: Advisory
  • Credits:
  • Date Reported: 2025-02-25
  • Version: 0.3.3
  • AVID Entry