CVE-2026-24180
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedNVIDIA DALI contains a vulnerability in a component where an attacker could cause a heap-based buffer overflow. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceNVIDIA DALI contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in a component where improper bounds checking allows an attacker to write beyond allocated heap memory boundaries. This memory corruption can lead to code execution, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Detect NVIDIA DALI installationRun 'pip show nvidia-dali' or 'pip list | grep -i dali' to find the installed Python package. Also check for DALI library files (.so, .dylib, .dll) in common locations like /usr/local/lib, /opt, conda envs, or on Windows in Program Files.Affected if NVIDIA DALI is installed and the installed version falls within the affected range or cannot be determined against known patched versions
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Identify DALI components and pluginsList all DALI shared objects or DLLs present in the installation directory. Look for component-specific libraries such as dali_core, dali_ops, or any optional plugin modules that may contain the vulnerable code path.Affected if The specific component containing the heap overflow vulnerability is present in the DALI installation
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Check for active DALI processing usageInspect any application code, scripts, or configuration files that import and use DALI. Look for pipeline instantiations, operators, or data loading calls that would exercise the vulnerable component.Affected if Applications actively load and process data through DALI pipelines using the affected component
A user is affected if NVIDIA DALI is installed with a vulnerable version that contains the heap-based buffer overflow component, and that component is being loaded or used in processing pipelines.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches or updates for NVIDIA DALI when available. If no patch exists, restrict access to the affected component, implement input validation, and consider compensating controls such as sandboxing or memory protection mechanisms.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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