CVE-2012-0952

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0952
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-08 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-18 17:50:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Display Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Display Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #979373 “heap overflows in nvidia driver” : Bugs : “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Kees Cook

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