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CVE-2012-4225

Published: Nov 19, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
Vulnerability-free packages from our partners
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4225
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Unix_graphic_driver Nvidia * 295.71 (including)
Unix_graphic_driver Nvidia * 304.32 (including)
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu lucid *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu natty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu oneiric *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers Ubuntu precise *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates Ubuntu oneiric *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates Ubuntu precise *

References

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