CVE-2012-0952

Publication date 8 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 304.88-0ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.0 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0952