CVE-2012-4225

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4225
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 12:10:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver exploit advisory. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Full Disclosure: nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Full Disclosure: nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
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