Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-0952
A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2012-0952
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0952
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 26 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-0952
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.4
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.4
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6.4
|
NIST | |
5.0
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
0.8
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3.7
|
NIST | |
5.0
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
0.8
|
3.7
|
Canonical Ltd. |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-0952
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: security@ubuntu.com (Secondary)
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-0952
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373
Bug #979373 “heap overflows in nvidia driver” : Bugs : nvidia-graphics-drivers package : UbuntuExploit;Third Party Advisory
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