CVE-2007-3532: NVIDIA Video Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• NVIDIA Video Driver: up to and including 1.0.7185; up to and including 1.0.9639; up to and including 100.14.11

Published 2007-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.