Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2020· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-0952

Description

A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.

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Affected products

Nvidia/Display Driver
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Range: <295.53
Nvidia/Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cardsllm-create
Range: <295.53
Nvidia/Graphics Drivercpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

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References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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