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CVE-2011-0636
The (1) cudaHostAlloc and (2) cuMemHostAlloc functions in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26, and possibly…
Low2.1EPSS 0.38%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The (1) cudaHostAlloc and (2) cuMemHostAlloc functions in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26, and possibly other versions, do not initialize pinned memory, which allows local users to read potentially sensitive memory, such as file fragments during read or write operations.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 45717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cuda-toolkit-cudahostalloc-info-disc(64710) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7676-1022+00.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7677-1391+00.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 70420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20110107 CUDA drivers/Linux security hole (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 42859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7681-487+00.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1024962 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7675-1380-00.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20110201 fix for Nvidia CUDA drivers security breach (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=190303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2011-0636)Record last updated .