CVE-2012-4225
First published: Mon Nov 19 2012(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver | <=295.71 | |
| Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver | <=304.32 |
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Reference Links
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/type
- agent/tags
- agent/source
- vendor/nvidia
- canonical/nvidia unix graphic driver
- version/nvidia unix graphic driver/295.71
- version/nvidia unix graphic driver/304.32