CVE-2012-0952 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA Display Driver
Published on May 8, 2020
Heap overflow in control device ioctl
A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2012-0952 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.
CVE-2012-0952 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2012-0952
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Affected Versions
nvidia graphics drivers:- Version unspecified and below 295.53 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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