Medium severity · published May 8, 2020
CVE-2012-0953
A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace
5.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
Display Driver · Nvidia
before 295.53 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0953
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373
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