PT-2012-1134 · Nvidia · Nvidia Unix Driver

Published 2012-04-22 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2012-0946

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA UNIX driver versions prior to 295.40

Description The issue allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges, potentially leading to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be exploited locally.

Recommendations For versions prior to 295.40, update to version 295.40 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09661

CVE-2012-0946

Affected Products

Nvidia Unix Driver

References · 12

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20201 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0946 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09661 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0946 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0946 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48793 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48650 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74822 · Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-19.xml · Note