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AVID-2026-R1570

Description

Vulnerability CVE-2024-53879

Details

NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary, where a user could cause a crash by passing a malformed ELF file to cuobjdump. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to a partial denial of service.

Reason for inclusion in AVID: CVE-2024-53879 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit’s cuobjdump utility that can crash when given a malformed ELF, leading to a partial denial of service. cuobjdump is part of the CUDA toolchain widely used in AI model development, training, and deployment, i.e., a software component in AI stacks. This represents a security vulnerability in a software component used in AI pipelines, i.e., a software supply-chain issue for general-purpose AI systems. The report provides the CVE, description, impact, and references, giving sufficient signal.

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:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score2.8
Base Severity🟢 Low
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack Complexity🟢 Low
Privileges Required🟢 Low
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability Impact🟢 Low

CWE

IDDescription
CWE-1284CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

Other information

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