PT-2020-7171 · Nvidia · Nvidia Graphics Drivers

Kees Cook · Published 2020-02-12 · Updated 2020-02-19 · CVE-2012-0951

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Graphics Drivers version 29549

Description A Memory Corruption issue exists due to an unknown function in the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry.

Recommendations For NVIDIA Graphics Drivers version 29549, consider restricting access to the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0951

Affected Products

Nvidia Graphics Drivers

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0951 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0951 · Vendor Advisory
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0951.html · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/9794 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.10060 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/940 · Telegram Post