CVE-2012-4225
N/A
Published: November 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUnix Graphic Driver
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 295.71v ≤ 304.32
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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