CVE-2012-0953

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 Medium 5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-0953

Assigner
security@ubuntu.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-05-08T01:15:10

Last Modified Date
2020-05-18T19:29:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-362	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver::::::linux::*	1	OR		295.53

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
LOW

Base Score
5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
0.8

Impact Score
3.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0953
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0953

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:31:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 16:18:00	2020-05-08T01:15Z	2020-05-08T01:15:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 16:18:00		2020-05-18T19:29:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 16:18:00		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated