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title: "CVE-2015-7865\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7865?format=md
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# CVE-2015-7865

Publication date 24 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

nvSCPAPISvr.exe in the Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service in the NVIDIA GPU
graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before
358.87 on Windows does not properly restrict access to the stereosvrpipe
named pipe, which allows local users to gain privileges via a commandline
in a number 2 command, which is stored in the HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE explorer
Run registry key, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4784.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7865?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-310-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-96-updates | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-304 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tegra | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

windows only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7865)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7865)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-7865)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7865)

### Other references

* <https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=515>
* <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034173>
* <http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3807/kw/security>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7865>
