CVE-2007-3532 — 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

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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

Published Jul 27, 2007

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00376

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00376

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.38% (0.00376)	29.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00376)	29.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00034)	6.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (6)

http://osvdb.org/40177
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/26497
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183567
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/40177		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/26497		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183567		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 27, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 3, 2007

Link CVE-2007-3532

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-3532

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-3532