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

Published 2020-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Display Driver
NVIDIA Graphics Drivers — versions 29549

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0951.html (Third Party Advisory)
vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)

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.