CVE-2012-4225 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NVIDIA 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.

Published: 2012-11-19

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:unix_graphic_driver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:unix_graphic_driver::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4169	NVIDIA 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4

History

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Subscriptions

Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-19T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.580Z

Reserved: 2012-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4225

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-19T12:10:49.447

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

Link: CVE-2012-4225

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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