CVE-2012-0953 (GCVE-0-2012-0953)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-08 00:50 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
Summary
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.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-362 - Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia | graphics drivers |
Affected:
unspecified , < 295.53
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2012-07-13 00:00
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