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CVE-2012-0946

Published: Apr 22, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Vulnerability-free packages from our partners
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0946
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Unix_driver Nvidia * 295.40 (including)
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu lucid *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu maverick *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu natty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu oneiric *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu lucid *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu maverick *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu natty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 Ubuntu oneiric *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates Ubuntu oneiric *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates Ubuntu oneiric *

References

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