CVE-2007-3531: Gentoo Nvclock

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.

Affected products

• Gentoo Nvclock: up to and including 0.7

Published 2007-07-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.