High severity · published Feb 12, 2020
CVE-2012-0951
A Memory Corruption Vulnerability exists in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 29549 due to an unknown function in the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Memory Corruption Vulnerability exists in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 29549 due to an unknown function in the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
Display Driver · Nvidia
295.49 through 295.53 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0951
Third Party Advisory
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0951.html
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?id.10060
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