HIGH
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 Nov 19, 2012
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 295.71
- ≤ 304.32
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00394
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00394
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 31.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 30.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 19, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 8, 2012
Link CVE-2012-4225
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a