Description
The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.
Published: 2012-04-22
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0969 The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1420-1 NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
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Nvidia Unix Driver
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:26.000Z

Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0946

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-04-22T18:55:04.233

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0946

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