What is CVE-2012-0951?

CVE-2012-0951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Display Driver, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2012-0951?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nvidia Display Driver

CVE-2012-0951

A Memory Corruption Vulnerability exists in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 29549 due to an unknown function in the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Display_driver
Nvidia Graphics Drivers — versions 29549

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security@ubuntu.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security@ubuntu.com (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0951?: CVE-2012-0951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Display Driver, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2012-0951?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.