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CVE-2012-0946

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

Published

2012-04-22T18:55:04.233

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nvidia	unix_driver	≤ 295.40	Yes

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48650 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48793 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1/ ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74822 ([email protected])
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48650 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48793 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74822 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)