CVE catalog

CVE-2008-5144

nvidia-cg-toolkit: CVE-2008-5144

Severity: Low
Published: Nov 18, 2008, 4:00:01 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.35% · Oct 25, 2026

nvidia-cg-toolkit-installer in nvidia-cg-toolkit 2.0.0015 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvidia-cg-toolkit-manifest temporary file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	sid	`3.1.0013-5`	vulnerable
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	forky	`3.1.0013-5`	vulnerable
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	trixie	`3.1.0013-5`	vulnerable
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	bookworm	`3.1.0013-5`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	nvidia-cg-toolkit	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libcg]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12
[libcggl]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12
[nvidia-cg-dev]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12
[nvidia-cg-doc]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (2)
- 3.1.0013-5 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12
- 3.1.0013-5 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12
[nvidia-cg-toolkit]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[libcg]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13
[libcggl]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13
[nvidia-cg-dev]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13
[nvidia-cg-doc]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (2)
- 3.1.0013-5 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13
- 3.1.0013-5 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13
[nvidia-cg-toolkit]Affected
Source package: [nvidia-cg-toolkit]
Details (1)
- 3.1.0013-5+b1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · nvidia-cg-toolkit · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:23 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]