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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2023-0208

High
8.4/10

Summary

NVIDIA DCGM for Linux contains a vulnerability in HostEngine (server component) where a user may cause a heap-based buffer overflow through the bound socket. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service and data tampering.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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