CVE-2012-0953

Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.

Se detectó una condición de carrera en los controladores de Linux para los gráficos de Nvidia que permitió a un atacante extraer la memoria del Kernel hacia el espacio de usuario. Este problema fue corregido en la versión 295.53.

*Credits: Kees Cook

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-02-01 CVE Reserved
2020-05-08 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373	2024-09-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"		Display Driver Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Display Driver"				< 295.53 Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Display Driver" and version " < 295.53"		linux		Affected