CVE-2012-0953 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA Display Driver
Published on May 8, 2020
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2012-0953 can be exploited 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 Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2012-0953 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2012-0953
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Affected Versions
nvidia graphics drivers:- Version unspecified and below 295.53 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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