CVE-2012-0953
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.0 Medium
- Published
- May 8, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 1, 2012
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
graphics driversnvidia |
|
References
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