Vulnerability in NVIDIA Unix Driver
CVE-2012-0946
The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109 (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48793 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74822 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48650 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1/ (vendor-advisory)